Odd Neighbourhood

Hanging like a sleeping swing

Under dead channel skies

It's a place where no one sleeps

& there's a boy who lives next door

He dances with a headless girl

It's the weirdest fashion show

Distant voices from the sink

I often feel I'm losing it

Shadow kissing in the park

I sometimes wish you stayed

with me

It's a cold odd neighbourhood

When I see you walking home

Humming make-out city blues

Do you sometimes think of me?

& time's a friend to all who try

And disappear inside a song

That no one dares to sing

Did it hurt you when we fought?

Did it please you when we fucked?

Make the devil pay your debts

A charming man with metallic hair

It's a cold odd neighbourhood

Cold

Odd

Neighbourhood