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Friends Reunited

from A Man Could Get Killed by The Villa Capri

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Friends Reunited

We met again
Two friends reunited
Who couldn’t remember why they’d split
Who were so young
In some other lifetime
And you haven’t changed a single bit

I walked into the bar
The feeling was bizarre
We didn’t know how far this would go…

And so…

We drank a toast
To 'friends reunited'
And talked of the old days happy in love
When we rented
That tiny apartment
The landlady’s callers – the pounding above

How would our youthful dream
Reawakened seem?
Do we dare to dream once again?

Then suddenly,
It all came flooding back to me
In a blinding flash of memory
The perpetual mediocrity
And living in such poverty
The bickering and blame
The stupid lovers’ games
And I’m back there once again
And yet…

We carried on
And got to the nightclub
Where we stood and yelled in each others ear
As the techno
Pumped from the ceiling
So I went and queued for watery beer
You danced me to the floor
Suggesting I be more
Relaxed - the way I once was before

But that was then
The days of recitals
Of poets on soap boxes, marches and stares
Out of windows
Of starving and writing
Believing in change if only we dared

Such philosophical days
In smoke filled cafes
I’d watch you through the haze and I’d smile

But suddenly
The flashing lights are spinning me
Regressing and suppressing me
Reminding me what came to be
When the honeymoon was over
That jealous finger wave
Will haunt me to my grave
I was no more than your slave
And yet…

We kissed again
I know, it was stupid
But there in the taxi my hand slid
And you said ‘So, you wanna come in for coffee?’
And what should have never happened did

Tequila was consumed
Assumptions were assumed
And once upstairs I knew I was doomed

Then suddenly
As tender lips are kissing me
Our bodies joined in ecstasy
I hear a voice that’s telling me
That it’s really just not meant to be
Oh leave the past alone
Take your number out her phone
Get out! Get out now you should have known!
And yet…

We lay in bed
Two friends reunited
Beginning to remember why they’d split
And they say the past
Should not be awakened
And so I got dressed to quietly sit

And watch her gently snore
Tiptoe across her floor
And for the final time close the door.

Words and Music by Frazer Douglas
Copyright 2011

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from A Man Could Get Killed, released July 1, 2011

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A few years ago one of my musical heros Neil Hannon wrote me a very complimentary letter in which he advised me against over- producing demos - "record companies like to think they've found a diamond in the rough" he wrote. I probably should have listened! These albums are all very different so take your pick, listen and enjoy! The Villa Capri. ... more

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