Lyrics

Crystal Hard

I drove across a landscape burned by the winter
Spurned by the sun, crystal hard
Frost white in the shadows, snow grains on the wind
Birds on the wing wheel and dive
It?s not the sun I?m missing here today
Some things you learn to live without
I?m not the son that I used to be I guess,
How much more of this mess can I take

I drove into my home town frozen in the sun
Left behind the times running down
A girl in every doorway, a friend on every street
Funny how your memory plays around
It?s not the place that it used to be I know
But then I guess it never was
A sense of place is a tricky thing to shake
How much more of this mess can I fake?

I walk across a beach now stranded by the weather
Pinned down by a fog that will not clear
My mind is playing tricks again, suggesting I could stay
Even though I know you can never go back.
It?s not a drink that I need to ease my pain
At least that?s one thing that I?ve learnt
It?s just somehow while I was looking for a break
I piled up mistake upon mistake


© Steve Linford 1992