Tom Verlaine

[Demo version]
April the 7th, 1979
Didn’t we breakfast together?
We celebrated my seventeenth
And heard Tom Verlaine together
We shouted from my bedroom window
And weren’t we happy that day?
But perhaps it was the whisky
Well at least no-one died that day
As far as I know, this is true
But even so, something disappeared from view
April the 7th, 1982
Did we still celebrate together?
Twenty years gone astray somewhere
And did we hear Beefheart together?
Well we lay in the gutter and counted the stars
And we broke the rules together
Well we counted them in and we counted them out
Two idiots encased in leather
As far as I know, this is true
But even so, something disappeared from view
April the 7th, 1988
Will we still celebrate together?
Will we lie in the gutter and reminisce
And talk about the future together?
Well it feels I’ve known you for a hundred years
Will we still share a bed together?
Well again it’s time for the pubs to close
So let’s wander home together
As far as I know, this is true
But even so, something disappeared from view
Even so, it’s the best kept secret in town
Even so, it’s the best kept secret in town
[‘Re-bereted’ version]
April the 7th, 1979
Didn’t we breakfast together?
We celebrated my seventeenth
And heard Tom Verlaine together
We shouted from my bedroom window
And weren’t we happy that day?
But perhaps it was the whisky
Well at least no-one died that day
As far as I know, this is true
But even so, something disappeared from view
April the 7th, 1982
Did we still celebrate together?
Twenty years gone astray somewhere
And did we hear Beefheart together?
Well we lay in the gutter and swore at the stars
And we broke the rules together
We counted them in and we counted them out
Two idiots encased in leather
As far as I know, this is true
But even so, something disappeared from view
August 40[?!], 1999
Will we still celebrate together?
Will we lie in the gutter and reminisce
And talk about the future together?
Well it feels I’ve known you for a hundred years
Will we still share a bed together?
Well as usual it’s time for the pubs to close
So let’s wander home together
As far as I know, this is true
But even so, something disappeared from view
Even so, it’s the best kept secret in town
Even so, it’s the best kept secret in town
[12” version]
April the 7th, 1979
Didn’t we breakfast together?
We celebrated my seventeenth
And heard Tom Verlaine together
Well we shouted from my bedroom window
And weren’t we happy that day?
Well perhaps it was the whisky
Well at least no-one died that day
As far as I know, this is true
But even so, something disappeared from view
April the 7th, 1982
Did we still celebrate together?
Twenty years gone astray somewhere
And did we hear Beefheart together?
Well we lay in the gutter and swore at the stars
And we broke the rules together
Well we counted them in and we counted them out
Two idiots encased in leather
As far as I know, this is true
But even so, something disappeared from view
April the 7th, 1989
Will we still celebrate together?
Will we lie in the gutter and reminisce
And talk about the future together?
Well it feels I’ve known you for a hundred years
Will we still share a bed together?
Well as usual it’s time for the pubs to close
So let’s just wander home together
As far as I know, this is true
But even so, something disappeared from view
Even so, it’s the best kept secret in town
Even so, it’s the best kept secret in town