Watching Birds - Stornoway

Oh well her eyes they hypnotised

Like a pair of headlights

And I remember how she crashed

Headlong into my life

So I said now close those eyes

Stick a pin into this map

And then she said now look around

Because there’ll be no looking back

Oh but I’ve been looking since that day

Since the day we parted

But you don’t find happiness

When you’re searching for it

And I might have realised

I was wasting precious time

But I never had the chance to change the batteries in my watch

Oh and it’s a Monday night in June

And I should be sleeping

But it’s so damn warm inside

I’m in the garden dreaming

And I’ve got one chair for myself

And another for my feet

But I still don’t feel complete

Well she calls me every day

Just to touch base with me

And the birds upon the wire

They feel the electricity

And I watch them as they fly

And she lifts me up with them

Until I fall for her again

Oh and I’ve been working since that day

Since the day I left her

I’m making money watching birds

But I don’t feel no richer

And I should have realised

I was wasting precious time

But I never had the chance to change the batteries in my watch

Oh and it’s a Monday night in June

And I should be sleeping

But it’s so damn warm inside

I’m in the garden dreaming

And I’ve got one chair for myself

And another for my feet

But I still don’t feel complete