A reason not to stay

Apricots to jam and skin too dark to tan

And a band that seemed to wind

Whenever she declined

And said “nothing more nothing more”

It was the first time that I made up

And the curtains that we tore

Were maybe from the First World War

Some days unravel some days I find

There’s reason only about half the time

It would be na?ve to guarantee

I can see appeal in a dressing table

She took from Manly to the bay

And sat there with a grey Labrador

When there was nothing more

It was the first time that I made up

And the curtains that we tore

Were maybe from the First World War

Some days unravel some days I find

There’s reason only about half the time

It would be na?ve to guarantee