Corin Ashley

Badfinger Bridge

Album: The Abbey Road Session [2010]
Author: Corin Ashley © Elefant Publishing

The note you never wrote, a Christmas card unsent

No regrets and no accusations

A fading photograph tucked in a  paperback

From a shop that closed years ago

 

A passing motorcar rings out some yesterday's tune

 

And you are returned to me, you are returned to me

Address unknown

 

A faded old receipt from a favorite restaurant

For an audit not likely coming

And in my winter coats a ticket stub reveals

There's a sequel to the last film we saw

 

As passersby chatter I chance to hear your name

 

And you are returned to me, you are returned to me

Address unknown

 

And I recall a basement sublet nearby

That we took your junior year

Your father's disapproving checks came very month

Thank God

 

The you in Kodachrome, the way we used to be

All regrets and big disappointment

The lines beneath my eyes, the path beneath my feet

Cracking up like we did so well

 

A passing motorcar rings out some familiar tune...

 

And you are returned to me, you are returned to me

Address unknown