TENTERHOOKS – Jez Lowe (Lowe Life Music)
IT GETS SO THAT YOU WONDER WHERE THE YEARS ARE GOING,
THINGS LEFT BEHIND YOU JUST FADE AWAY,
BAD NEWS HAS THE WINGS GOOD NEWS MUST DREAM OF GROWING,
LIVING TAKES A LIFETIME, DYING TAKES A DAY.
UP IN THE HIGHEST TREES, ACROSS THE WIDEST DITCHES,,
HE WAS ALWAYS THE BRAVEST AND BEST,
IN THE BACK OF THE CLASS HE’D HAVE US ALL IN STITCHES,
YOU NEVER KNEW WHAT HE’D DO NEXT.
HE’S HAVE US ALL ON TENTERHOOKS,
FROM ONE DAY TO ANOTHER,
AND I’LL BE THINKING TENTERHOOKS,
FROM NOW UNTIL FOREVER.
WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY AND KNEW NO BETTER,
HE’D PLAY THE ROMEO, I’D PLAY THE FOOL,
IF HE FOUND SOMEBODY GAME THEN HE WOULD LET HER
MAKE ALL THE RUNNING WHILE HE MADE ALL THE RULES
IN THOSE DAYS OF JUST A COLD GREY GROPE AGAINST A PREFAB WALL,
A DRIZZLE OF KISSES AND GO,
HE’D TALK OF TOUCHES AND TONGUES TO PROMISE THAT’S NOT ALL,
THE NEXT TIME, HOW FAR WOULD IT GO?
WHEN I HEARD HIS NAME AGAIN, IT CAME IN LAUGHTER,
IT CAME IN SUMMERTIME, BUT NEVER IN TEARS,
I COULD SEE HIM SWINGING BRAVE FROM ROPE ON RAFTER,
WHILE WE STOOD FAR BELOW, KNOWING WE’D NEVER DARE.
THEY SAY THERE WAS A KISS ON A TISSUE WHERE SOME LIPSTICK DRIED,
BY A NOTE HE SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAVE READ
AND A STAIN ON ANOTHER FROM THE TEARS HE CRIED,
THE FIRST AND THE LAST HE’D EVER SHED
I LAST SAW HIM STANDING FROM A PASSING CAR,
I CALLED AS HE WAS TURNING AWAY,
IN MY DREAMS HE ANSWERS THAT HE’S NEVER FAR,
AND HE’LL BE BACK AT MY DOOR SOMEDAY.