1980s
Wise on a birthday party
in a world full of surprising fireworks
And sudden silence shhh
Lying on a stranger's bed
the new day breaks like a speeding train
or an old friend
Ever expected but never knocking
Holding your own
in a battered car all night.
Parties, cocktail bars
And smile when the butterfly
escapes the killing jar
Sure eyes awake before the dancing is over
wise or naked
in secret Oktober
in a world full of surprising fireworks
And sudden silence shhh
Lying on a stranger's bed
the new day breaks like a speeding train
or an old friend
Ever expected but never knocking
Holding your own
in a battered car all night.
Parties, cocktail bars
And smile when the butterfly
escapes the killing jar
Sure eyes awake before the dancing is over
wise or naked
in secret Oktober