OUR BEST INTERESTS
( J. Wilson)
© Ochiltree 136 Publishing (2007)

Eleventh minute of the hour, eleventh hour of the day
You remember everything, but wonder how we got this way
You feel now – the night is through
Well I know that feeling too
No trust, no strength, no will – and you say you love me still
You say you got my best interests in your heart

Now you’re leaving, I know, yes, we’ve been here before
We suffer each other’s melancholia and skulk out through the door
Well you’re lonely and you’re blue
Well you know I’m lonely too
Is it the same when we’re together, as it is when we’re apart?
Have you got my best interests in your heart?
Have you got my best interests?

We used to laugh about those games young lovers played
We used to laugh about mistakes we never made
Now we cover miles, just to break a smile
and to find the best interests in our hearts – have mercy

You and I we can pretend, we reject then embrace;
all those tired arguments, we’ll turn a cheerful face
We come and go like the wind
We can change a tune on a whim
Craven in our song, that’s where it all went wrong
Did we keep our best interests in our heart?
Did we keep our best interests?

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From the Forthcoming Album: THE PEACEMAKER’S CHAUFFEUR