GIRL IN GRASS

when your girlfriend let you down

made you the laughing-stock of town

a minor mistake

caused major heartache

when your friend forgot to show

and you stood there all alone

a small detail

was added to a trail

of bad affairs

of people who don’t seem to care

but when your heart breaks

you feel the sweetest ache

in a riot of colour you see blue

and you’d like the world to tremble for you

still your eyes may twinkle just like stars

when Ginger’s lying flat out on the grass

put your favourite t-shirt on

and let summer come along

rejoice in the photograph

of girl in grass

you may be charmed on saturday

feel smitten on sunday

now monday’s here

and you’re caught by fear

so you hibernate indoors

spend all day in bed because

every petty fling

seems like the greatest thing

since bread came sliced

or at least since Bread sang Yours For Life

you want your heart to break

to feel the sweetest ache

in a riot of colour you see blue

and you’d like the world to tremble for you

still your eyes may twinkle just like stars

when Ginger’s lying flat out on the grass

put your favourite t-shirt on

and let summer come along

let all your troubles pass

girl in grass

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