Safety School

Tom used to say it’s not a day unless you pass the water tower
But we’ve both since moved away
There is no new landmark from which to gauge
There is no new landmark from which to gauge
Come autumn, you’ll go to your safety school
Riding back from a one pound buy-in
I’ve been trying to stop you
Suitcase in hand, yet to pick up your key
No excuse not to follow me
Window-shopped at the furniture store
Imagined how you’d fill your floor
Come autumn, you’ll go to your safety school
Come autumn, you’ll go to your safety school
Was I mistaken or mislaid
In your secret summer masquerade
And I fell open, without sound
Kicked me as my ribs unwound
Hat weather’s out, cap weather’s in
There’s much less hair, so much more skin
Spent a hundred summers on the couch
Foetal, in the lion’s mouth
Home life does not prepare you for
Come autumn, you’ll go to your safety school
Come autumn, you’ll go to your safety school