Leaner Days

Count your stars

At my table

Michael don't speak

Of leaner days



Stow ’em away



Tell her I came on the tail of a storm

I lay on her roof and I waited 'til dawn



Tyger she sleeps

On the floor by the flames

With her hair soft and golden

Her green eyes deranged



Something she said

Got stuck in your head

Like glue



So you took your dream

And made it your scheme

Didn't you?



You’ll never know

You'll never show

Will you?



You'll never know

You'll never show

Will you?



Warm your hands

At my fire

Michael don't speak

Of leaner days



Stow 'em away



Tell her I came on the tail of a storm

I lay on her roof and I waited 'til dawn



Tyger she sleeps

On the floor by the flames

With her hair soft and golden

Her green eyes deranged



Something she said

Got stuck in your head

Like glue



So you took your dream

And made it your scheme

Didn't you?



You’ll never know

You’ll never show

Will you?



You'll never know

You’ll never show

Will you?



You will be here and elsewhere

Forever stowing your love away



For nothing will ever compare

To your world of fake fire and cellophane



You'll be tracing the arc in the square

And I'll chase the shadow of Joan again