Lyrics Dawn - Slapp Happy

Dawn

Dawn he’s in a postcard of the dawn
Where the knives of light
Have left the dark night tattered & torn
The firmamental cars
On the highway of the stars are doing ninety
(for your love) — He’s in a corner on the right
The sole survivor of the night —
& it’s you he’s thinking of
And you, you only think of him
Dropping him a line 'cos he’s got no time to swim
They’re closing all the doors to his existential shores
— they'll leave him naked & alone
— & you can’t help him now, he’s in the waters of the south
— sinking like a stone…
Running form the snapping jaws
You knows he ain’t got time to pause
— there's one last door between him & you
— look out babe, he’ll be coming through
(as soon as you admit that you’re the cause)
Gone, with a squad of crooked creatures —
You saw a film of his escape
But you hardly recognized his features
His seer’s sight had lied about the other side
No one was waiting when you arrived
You dared not hesitate — even so, you got there late —
Who takes who for one last ride?