Sweetheart

This blog is actually not going to be exactly consecutive. Things will shoot around. But - hey! It's my cancer and I'll cry if I want to.

In Leeds Railway Station yesterday I recognised Jont. I'd seen him support The Mountain Goats and Emma Pollock ( ex Delgados ) in London last week - it was a nice set.

So tonight I downloaded his itunes EP ( hell - I'd have bought the man a coffee if I'd not been too shy/running late!) - and this came up. Same music - different place.

And J's in Stoke tonight :

Sweetheart

Sailing on this motorway tonight
thinking I might drown if the waves aren't right
wind pushing me from side to side
and I'm thinking, of what I had.

How if I broke my legs and I broke my head,
even after all the things we've said
you'd still be there by the side of the road
waiting for me to breathe...

You're my sweetheart
You're my sweetheart
and If I never see you again,
just want you to know what I think

Sammy took me out for a walk in the park
and as the dog ran round the track's lights lit up
people running round in their shorts in the rain
again and again

He said "You can come back tomorrow,
you know you can", I said
" You know I don't wanna do that man"
so he told me he loved me and he shook my hand,
now I'm waiting, shaking in my van.

Thinking that you're my sweetheart
you're my sweetheart,
if I never see you again,
just want you to know what I think -
cos we got so far to go,
are we gonna get by?
I can hardly see the road,
yeah but I'm gonna try,
I'm gonna try....

Cos you're my sweetheart.

Whether we're together in a knot or not
is small beer compared to what we got
so don't smoke yourself to death I shall be the one
who'll always be there, if you've got to run.
Yeah I'll be there, if you've got to run


Whatever this is or is going to be - there's going to be music.