Following Every Finger - Iain Matthews

i remember one day you

said you’d leave for a while

i thought some people should never smile

i thought what a spot you put her in

but the realness of each answer

was put in question by each grin

and it was a goodbye off a television

you talked full and fast with no seams of indecision

full and fast your defense against her grief

if your mind was on a mission

it was a mission of relief

and oh you’re out following every finger

oh to still a doubt but still it linger

you just have to be an animal

to hear her overtones

through the letters and through the phones

you been on that trail like a cause of birth

not to have what you track down

but to find out what it’s worth

and oh even big girls cry

you kept everything so clean

all that soap hurts her eyes

you kept everything so clean

it might have slipped your mind

the knot was small but

the knot was tight

and oh you’re out

following every finger

oh to still a doubt but still it linger

you just have to be an animal

to feel her overtones

through the letters and through the phones

you been on that trail like a cause of birth

not to have what you track down

but to find out what it’s worth

and it’s so tough keeping

every time fair

just to love once

without having to care

just to love once without

cracking the spell

of relaxing into a pleasure

that you know so well

and oh you’re out

following every finger

oh to still a doubt but still it linger

you just have to be an animal

to hear her overtones

through the letters

and through the phones

you been on that trail

oh you been on that trail

you been on that trail

since you were born

not to have what you track down

but to find out how it’s worn

landing only when your wings hurt

you’re out following every finger