remote

You said I was brave once,

You told me I was bright.

These days my stomach

Is too big for the fight.

I’m the coward that I always was

I tell you it’s true,

It’s just that I can’t run

As fast as I used to.

Where have you gone,

Where’s your hat and coat?

Have you gone away

On a plane or a boat?

A sea of whiskey

Keeping me afloat.

I’ll be your TV dear,

You’re the remote.

You say that you know me,

Walked a mile in my shoes

They pinched at the heels

But it helped you to choose.

You say that you’re walking out,

Got nothing to lose

So I sit alone now,

Bare-foot and confused.

Where have you gone,

Where’s your hat and coat?

Have you gone away

On a plane or a boat?

A sea of whiskey

Keeping me afloat.

I’ll be your TV dear,

You’re the remote.

I lie in my hallway

I’m filled up with booze.

There’s a re-run of Bilko

On after the news.

I’m a well travelled man

But I can’t find the door,

Can’t even remember

What I came down here for.

Where have you gone,

Where’s your hat and coat?

Have you gone away

On a plane or a boat?

A sea of whiskey

Keeping me afloat.

I’ll be your TV dear,

You’re the remote.

Where have you gone,

Where’s your hat and coat?

Have you gone away

On a plane or a boat?

A sea of whiskey

Keeping me afloat.

I’ll be your TV dear,

You’re the remote.

(lyrics by Vin Murtagh ©2010)