In the Pines - The Triffids

The children are walking back from the beach Sun on the sidewalk is burning their feet Washing the salt off under the shower And just wasting away wasting away

A red scarf that she wore a rinse in her hair A blister an undersized shoe her name on a tag That can't be washed off a place at a table for two I think she wor

No foreign pair of dark sunglasses Will ever shield you from the light That pierces your eyelids the screaming Of the gullsFeeding off the bodies Of the fish th

I knelt I aimed I missed I ran Across the fIeld where our love began The ears of the corn began to melt and swim My 2020 vision 95 dim I bowed my head to the we

I took a wrong turn off of an unmarked track I did seven miles I couldn't find my way back Hit a lonely stretch must be losing my touch I was out of my depth La

There's someone standing in the rain like they have no place to go Maybe that someone is you maybe someone you don't aim to know Maybe lost possessions Maybe st

Well the drums rolled off in my forehead And the guns went off in my chest Remember carrying the baby for you Crying in the wilderness I lost track of my friend

I packed my bag Left a note on the fridge And I drove off the end of the Tarrilup Bridge Now you read about me in the papers They say I'm going to be a big star

Driver let me tell you a secret A secret in the shape of a song Heard something move in the dark outside I lay awake hardly breathing Shaking all night long It