Chewing On Shadows (Vinyl Version)

as i have not trusted
 i have not hoped
 in the bleak alleyways
 and the secondhand streets
 where misery waits
 and the turn of your hand
 as i have not believed
 so i have not seen
 the uselessness
 the pettiness
 and in by the clouds are the sun and the stars
 by the walls and the rain
 i shall not come to you for tea
 as you may come back home with me
 not believing and not seeing the facts
 yapping into our face
 alternate fire
 alternate smoke
 i shall not wake
 at seven or eight
 as all the hours
 are now too late
 with the lead weights motionless
 i spy with my little eye
 you and i my love
 you and i
 with our backs to each other
 chewing on shadows
 dissecting the lights
 that their brightness might be classified
 and then emasculated
 and finally killed