Town Tavern

Hackney. E8. Mate. Cold-pint... wet-pine table... There is a tavern in the town. In the town. Bruv. Back turned... phone down... Warm-pint... cheap-glass... Laughter free... empty-head... There my dear love sits her down. Sits her down. Blue-screen... phone-glow... mind-gone. Busy-hands... darlo... And never... never... Thinks of me. Clipped-breath... bruv... Same-spot... Town Tavern... Dalston-night... rain-slick... Sits her down. (Down) Lost... in the "laughter free"... Drinks her wine... forgets the lot... Sits her down. (Bruv) Fare thee well. Fare thee well. (Fare thee well) Best of friends... must part. Must part. Do not let the parting grieve thee. Grieve thee... mate. "There is a tavern in the town" Weekly link-up... Friday-night. Fella-dark... mate. Booth-light... spilled-drink... cigarette-break. Each Friday night they used to spark. (Used to spark) Booth-corner... dim-glare... Takes that dark fella on her knee. On her knee. (On her knee) Throne of glass... bruv... Once true... now gone... (Yeah) "And drinks her wine 'mid laughter free" Willow-tree... rainy-overpass. Harp-hung... strings-dead. Playlist-archive... darlo... Voice-note-delete. And may the world go well with thee. (With thee) River-moving... cold-flow... Can no longer stay... bruv. Right. Adieu. Adieu. Kind friends. (Adieu) Night-bus... cold-air... sidewalk. I can no longer stay with you. Stay with you... mate. (Nah) Cutting ties... walking... Adieu. Adieu. (Adieu) Fare thee well. (Fare thee well) Town Tavern. (Town Tavern) Adieu. Adieu. Kind friends... (Yeah) Leave thee. Leave thee. (Oi) Wide-and-deep... Dig my grave. (Deep) Tombstones... head... feet. Bookends... bruv. Ironic-audit... bad-math... late-night-debt. Turtle-dove... left-breast. Signify... died... Died of love. (Died of love) Adieu... darling.