The Anniesland Lights

I’ve waited a long time to say
Goodbye, goodbye
I’ll only remember the heights
From hooligan drive
The tint in your eye
And the warming heart smell
Of parties in Bell
The gin and the 1664
And the feel of your touch
Was never too much
The orange ice cooled down my mind

We’d laugh when we never got time
To ourselves or on our own
Now I can’t imagine a life
Without them inside
The paradox time
The sound of the hall
I remember it all
As clear as the light in the dawn
And when the morn hit the glass
That funny steel lamp
It looked over us as we talked

Where the moon falls in the sky
We can see over Glasgow
The Anniesland lights
From our fort we sang a retort
I told you I loved you and kissed you goodnight

Dear mother, tell her I say
That I felt the love in the home that she gave
The timbre of England
And the soft lilting grace
Changed my direction
And steadied my pace
Cotton wool blankets
Molded around
Crème de cassis and an evening gown
Pegasus blond and the family smile
Sit down and talk for a while

Where the moon falls in the sky
We can see over Glasgow
The Anniesland lights
From our fort we sang a retort
I told you I loved you and kissed you goodnight