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For Want of Something Better

from The River and the Burial Ground by Jon McDevitt

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We’re all floundering around in our own little towns,
trying to find a little colour, and justify each other
We get a little down, so we tell ourselves we’ve found
a thing that makes us smile, keeps us happy for a while

Today the spirit’s high, so you give a girl the eye
as she flutters by you smiling, it’s a sight that’s most beguiling
but no matter what you try, she'll keep on slipping by
no matter what you try to say, she'll never want to play

and I see you striving,
ducking and diving,
trying to find a way to take the pressure off - the smoking only makes you cough.
But you don’t see anything:
you’re wrapped up in requirement, desire and numbers and time...

My life is always governed by the things I’ll never do
It seems to happen often and I never seem to soften
I only want a balance and to keep out of the zoo
it’s a freedom that we crop, never gonna stop

If we could only clear the debts and erase the old regrets
we won’t be up the junction, we’ll maybe even function
All the little gadgets seem to dull and lose their magic
they were better in the window. That’s the funny thing though...

And I see you struggling,
weaving and juggling,
trying to find a way to take the pressure off - the smoking only makes you cough
And you don’t see anything:
you’re wrapped up in requirement, desire and numbers and time

So meet me in the morning, we’ll go drinking we’ll go walking
We can spend the day together maybe run away for ever?
I know I can rely upon the alcohol to lie
about the depth of the nightmare - what the hell do I care?

We'll sit beneath a tree, in a field beside a stream,
have lunch with seven courses and a tenner on the horses,
and when our money’s done, with the setting of the sun
we can get back on the train, go back home again…

credits

from The River and the Burial Ground, released December 3, 2019
(McDevitt)

Vocals, guitar, harmonica – Jon McDevitt
Additional vocals – Léanie Kaleido
Bass – Mike Turk
Drums – Stuart Francis

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