STARS OVER YOUR SHOULDER
     

Noughts and crosses scratched in a tree
Rainbow stretching 'cross a storm tossed sea
Us and them and I and I and you and me
Stars over your shoulder, moon above our bed

Parched lands itching for a drop of rain
History locked up in a window pane
Last chance to catch that lonely phantom train
Stars over your shoulder, moon above our bed

People drowning behind steering wheels and desks
Fiddler playing round the clock without rest
Sun is confused and rising up in the west
Stars over your shoulder, moon above our bed

Mountain sighs as the bulldozer roars
Country cheers as the fullback scores
Criminals laugh as they make new laws
Stars over your shoulder, moon above our bed

Tears at noon for the end of the world
Needle and spoon for the country girl
Body in spin and head in a whirl
Stars over your shoulder, moon above our bed

Open eyes and tight-closed hearts
Call a spade a spade and commerce art
Just like a hummingbird impaled on a dart
Stars over your shoulder, moon above our bed

Can't see nothing but darkness ahead
Scale tipping down from the black into red
I've got your hand if you've got your head
Stars over your shoulder, moon above our bed

[guitar solo].

Jealousy and love are intertwined
Bankers gulp down the future like wine
Still I've got yours and you've got mine
Stars over your shoulder, moon above our bed



© David Lowe 1995