I rode the top deck, right up front
It was a hot day, in London
And as I looked out across the sea, this was beginning to be
Just another day for me

All those bricks in all those houses nothing here to love like ours and…
As the sun left me for you the evening grew in a worn out blue

When I saw the picture, breaking news
That’s when I first felt the distance   
And I couldn’t help wondering if you had thought it too
Or was it just about the view

All those bricks in all those houses nothing here to love like ours and…
As the sun left me for you the evening grew in a worn out blue

A pretty old dolls house, with rubble at her feet
I am upside down
Wrestling with the moon again, I’m learning to be alone
Hoping soon to show I’ve grown

All those bricks in all those houses nothing here to love like ours and…
As the sun left me for you the evening grew in a worn out blue

Autumn has come around, much faster than before
Just a watermark
Am I’m too far away for you to let your words stray
If I’m too far away to let your precious words stray
Well there’s always more bricks to lay


4 Bricks

I’ve got carload full of stuff, brought it home last night 
and I haven’t found the time today,  please keep it out of sight.
I drove on auto-pilot, spotting the difference as I went    
Something kind of simple just to help it all make sense. 
On the left side of the road, few more sections up for sale, 
but in the rear-view mirror, I still looked the same anyway.
I still look the same anyway

Affirmation, affirmation is this the last time? And affirmation, affirmation will I be fine?

You answered from the front room and made your way to me, 
A little heavy in your work clothes, this time not so carefully
Your hair had grown much longer, than you used to let it get, 
just the way I liked it, as if you would forget.
We spoke in slow-formed circles, another cigarette was lit; 
But I kept my routine dormant, just waited for the storm to hit.
Waiting for the storm to hit

Affirmation, affirmation is this the last time? And affirmation, affirmation will I be fine?

I left my car keys on a suitcase, and fluttered through the hall
Had to keep my panic personal, my problems not your problem at all
But underneath your Mothers house, with all the dust and must, 
Dissecting patient boxes, I could not adjust. 
I felt flighty and unstable, stepping through the basement door
Too much time for me to comprehend, you are not my affirmation anymore
You are not mine anymore

Affirmation, affirmation is this the last time? And affirmation, affirmation will I be fine?
Affirmation, affirmation I will be mine.


3 The dust and the must

You made the bed for me and you changed the sheets for me
You picked your clothes up off the floor and shaved your face for me
You wore your favourite shirt, still couldn’t hide the hurt
And yes I admit that at the time I wanted just to keep you mine 
That’s why I let you go

It was nine twenty eight, the day was getting late
I thought about a life alone that’s when the city seemed to moan
I saw the lights turn on, and I sung my favourite song
I took your heart away with me and I am oh so sorry
I had to let you know

I pushed the button in on the odometer
So I could give accurate measure of the distances between
I scream as trucks go by and I let my body cry
I watch the grasses turn from gold to green and I wonder how your day has been
I wanted nothing more

Now I’m five hundred and two kilometres away from you
And as I am able to digest suggests that this is for the best
But I left a part of me, I left a piece of me
With you


2 I saw the lights turn on

At dusk I heard, the web of birds, they fly across the sky like water
The day a chore, he’d left me raw, and everything seemed out of order 
The wind was beating at my door, says he’s not the breeze who pleases, anymore
And how old is your sweetest song, have you spent to long embracing darkness here?
Then evening fell again too soon

So don’t you, take your time, just take your time, with me
I am the girl, but I’m the girl, from across the sea
And this is migration, time again, for me
This is migration, time again, for me

The morning lay in shadows still, when I awoke with smoke, he held my hair 
He whispered of a warmth forgot, says a lovers not, a ghost that you should fear
And if it wasn’t quite so cold, the road would have no ice for you to break
So take your treasures if you must but remember us – and we will hold you dear.
Then my love fell again, to the moon

So don’t you take your time, just take your time, with me
I am the girl, but I’m the girl, from across the sea
And this is migration, time again, for me
This is migration, time again, for me

At dusk I heard, the web of birds, they fly across the sky like water…


Beth Jenkin