Stone cold sober

Stone cold sober
but I've got this gash
feels like a knife wound
parts of me got mashed
three lines on the table
I see you people reeling
long tall glasses
but my only feeling is
    
        I'm stone cold sober
        like I've just killed somebody
        stone cold sober
        I'll never get over
        stone cold sober

crowds milling round
summer fashion flashing
from mirrors in the eyes
of people traipsing passing
me in a haze, me in a daze
of some saturday night
oh that rush, oh that heat
that lonely out-of-sight

          refr.

cry your eyes out
is what the doctor says
take the lid off now
or you'll stay a mess
is this a confidence trick ?
oh I need, I'm hurting
no ! I'm not wanting
no no no I'm not hurting

     refr.


14/8/1981