Hard Shoulder

We were an hour the wrong side of the Avon

When the old van gave up the fight

You pulled your bags off the back seat

Left me there, walked into the night

Now I didn't mind picking up the pieces

Sorting out the gear waiting for the light

But standing there on the hard shoulder

I ran out of strength to make things right

We go back to school in the city

First in line for the back of the class

Or out on the field looking for the action

Buried in a ruck with a punch or a laugh

You left when you were fifteen

I stayed on for the safety net

It broke my fall that cold morning

You were falling then have you landed yet?

Now surprise no mystery

What we are or where we're from

Our lives our history

In a song

Now I got word you were working

The bars and the pubs all along the coast

Well I parked the car and I heard you singing

My face at the window must have looked like a ghost

Forget the stuff we wrote together

No compromise you used to boast

But hearing you play all that boy band cover trash

Now that's what really hurts me the most

No surprise, no mystery

What we are or where we're from

No life no history

In your song

You once said if you don't use it

You'll wake one day find it gone

Your guitar is standing in the corner

Why don't you come around here prove yourself wrong

We might be a little older now

Ah you know the heart beat is still as strong

And anyway I've got this hard shoulder now

You might wanna lean upon