Walk Away Renee

She said it was just a figment of speech

And I said, "You mean figure?"

And she said, "No, figment"

Because she could never imagine it happening

But it did.

When we first met I played the shy boy

And when she spoke to me for the first time

My nose began to bleed

She guessed the rest

The next day we went on a bus ride to the ferry

And when nobody came to collect our fares

Well, I knew then this was something special

I couldnâ??t stop thinking about her

And every time I switched on the radio

There was somebody else singing a song about the two of us

It was just like being on a fast ride at the funfair

The sort you wanna get off because itâ??s scary

And then as soon as youâ??re off

You wanna get straight back on again

But our love is strange

And you have to take the crunchy with the smooth I s'pose

She began going out with Mr Potato Head

It was when I saw her in the car park

With his coat around her shoulders that I realized

I went home and thought about the two of them together

Until the bath water went cold around me

I thought about her eyes and the curve of her breasts

And about the point where their bodies met

I confronted her about it.

I said, "Iâ??m the most illegible bachelor in town."

And she said, "Yea, that's why I can never understand

Any of those silly letters you send me."

And then one day it happened

She cut 'er hair and I stopped lovin' 'er