lifeboat

(album: life's a beach - 2021)

The day you found me in a lifeboat
I fell to pieces on the drive home
And I felt defeated but you look at me, look at me like that
Made me feel more than just a side note
The day you found me in a lifeboat

Like a damsel in distress
Thanks for coming 'round for dinner and folding up the sofa bed
And don't apologise, I know you had to head
You've done so much for me, over achieved
And I can keep put you on the keep pile
Keep you up but I put the loo seat down
And I've always got your number on the speed dial
Like I did when we still had speed dial

The day you found me in a lifeboat
I fell to pieces on the drive home
I felt defeated but you look at me, look at me like that
Made me feel more than just a side note
The day you found me in a backseat

Chatting gobbledygook and nonsense
Guess I was was born a wrong'un and I've been wrong since
It's game over, the PS2's frozen
I pass the controller, I'm slipping out of conscience

Not all superheroes wear capes
Not every debt gets repaid
I try and I try but I can't get through

There's more to life than survival
Find something to die for
You picked me up from arrivals
Said, "Mate, don't you wanna go home?"

There's more to life than survival
Find something to die for
You picked me up from arrivals
Said, "Mate, don't you wanna go home?"

The day you found me in a lifeboat
I fell to pieces on the drive home
I felt defeated but you look at me, look at me like that
Made me feel more than just a side note
The day you found me in a...