Last Year

verse 1 January came and took my heart away Feb-ru-a-ry felt the same March my hugs became hold ons April I huffed like porridge on the boil Morning May I’m downwind from your shampoo Ichi ni san go roku nana hachi kyuu jyuu June I learned to count to ten in Japanese Dry July like wiping skin from my skull Instead I visited family They told me I’m special Hmm verse 2 Augustus came and stabilised me with my father’s pain Relieving drug diazepam Life floats away October I swam back for my birthday Firework display in a cafeteria of my old school Happ-i-er my cold black sleep in my cold deep bed December you sang at my funeral B-section If it’s depths to your rivers I’ve picked one for you Oh greedy with Ss but equalled by Is If it’s stones for your pockets I’ve collected a few To hold you down To hold you down Mississippi come back to me Oh Mississippi your cold black sleep Oh Mississippi Oh oh oh Break Mississippi come back to me Come Mississippi from your cold black sleep Oh Mississippi Hmm       Hmm