SHE UNSREWS THE TOP
OF HER NEW WHISKEY BOTTLE
AND SHUFFLES ABOUT
IN HER CANDLE-LIT HOVEL
LIKE SOME KIND OF WITCH
WITH BLUE FINGERS IN MITTENS
SHE SMELLS LIKE THE CAT
AND THE NEIGHBOURS
SHE SICKENS
THE BLACK AND WHITE T.V.
HAS LONG SEEN A PITURE
THE CROSS ON THE WALL
IS A PERMANENT FIXTURE
THE POSTMAN DELIVERS
THE FINAL REMINDERS
SHE SELLS OFF HER SILVER
AND POODLES IN CHINA
DRINKS TO REMEMBER
I, ME AND MYSELF
AND WINDS UP THE CLOCK
AND KNOCKS DUST
FROM THE SHELF
HOME IS A LOVE
THAT I MISS VERY MUCH
SO THE PAST HAS BEEN BOTTLED
AND LABELLED WITH LOVE
DURING THE WARTIME
AN AMERIAN PILOT
MADE EVERY AIR-RAID
A TIME OF EXCITEMENT
SHE MOVED TO HIS PRAIRIE
AND MARRIED THE TEXAN
SHE LEARNT FROM A DISTANCE
HOW LOVE WAS A LESSON
HE BEAME DRINKER
AND SHE BEAME MOTHER
SHE KNEW THAT ONE DAY
SHE'D BE ONE OR THE OTHER
HE ATE HIMSELF OLD AND
DRUNK HIMSELF DIZZY
PROUD OF HER FEATURES
SHE KEPT HERSELF PRETTY
DRINKS TO REMEMBER
I, ME AND MYSELF
AND WINDS UP THE CLOCK
AND KNOCKS DUST
FROM THE SHELF
HOME IS A LOVE
THAT I MISS VERY MUCH
SO THE PAST HAS BEEN BOTTLED
AND LABELLED WITH LOVE
HE LIKE A COWBOY
DIED DRUNK IN A SLUMBER
OUT ON THE PORCH IN
THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER
SHE CROSSED THE OEAN
BACK HOME TO HER FAMILY
BUT THEY HAD RETIRED
TO ROADS THAT WERE SANDY
SHE MOVED HOME ALONE
WITHOUT FRIENDS OR RELATIONS
LIVED IN A WORLD
FULL OF AGE RESERVATION
ON MOTH-EATEN ARMCHAIRS
SHE'D SAY THAT SHE'D SOD ALL
THE FRIENDS WHO HAD LEFT HER
TO DRINK FROM THE BOTTLE
DRINKS TO REMEMBER
I, ME AND MYSELF
AND WINDS UP THE CLOCK
AND KNOCKS DUST
FROM THE SHELF
HOME IS A LOVE
THAT I MISS VERY MUCH
SO THE PAST HAS BEEN BOTTLED
AND LABELLED WITH LOVE
DRINKS TO REMEMBER
I, ME AND MYSELF
AND WINDS UP THE CLOCK
AND KNOCKS DUST
FROM THE SHELF
HOME IS A LOVE
THAT I MISS VERY MUCH
SO THE PAST HAS BEEN BOTTLED
AND LABELLED WITH LOVE
THE PAST HAS BEEN BOTTLED
AND LABELLED WITH LOVE
THE PAST HAS BEEN BOTTLED
AND LABELLED WITH LOVE