Old Photograph

they 
they were tied to the infinite heart 
of the us, faded empty town 
and, and as they fought 
where their image of fate 
hand in hand as they ran 
through the grass to the mill 
where they swam and they laughed 
for a long time 
kissed wildly 
like old hens and 
just one came back 

she only falls down 
but she ain't broken 
only falls down 
but she ain't broken 
don't look for my old photograph 
only falls down 
but she ain't broken 
don't look for my old photograph 
only falls down 
but she ain't broken 

fall and grow like the girl 
who was born long ago 
take the bus on the road 
to the mill which is gone 
where you swam with that girl 
who had run from this place 
who you said who had drowned 
who appears as a ghost in a frame 
only falls down 
but she ain't broken.... 
on the table by your bed 
'cos all 
that you have 
it's that old photograph 
of that girl 
that you kissed 
don't look for my old photograph.... 
right there 
on the grass 
don't be scared 
like the old folk 
just be strong like that girl 
and go 
you're like a fish in a bottle 
you can't move 'cos it's awkward 
just go 
and go