Smiles and Grins

Smiles and Grins
 (Brown/Bruce)
 The smiles on city windows,
 It's only the weekly cleaner
 The dials on all the faces
 Are gradually getting nearer
 So make it careful when you can
 Forget it if you've read the plan
 Call a friend when you're in doubt
 Nights are hard when you're locked out
 Grins painted on radiators
 Are only the teeth of laughter
 The numbers of all the victories
 Are stenciled on soon after
 So don't regret the leaves that fall
 Have a little have it all
 Take a bit give just as much
 Nights are hard without the touch crutch
 The smiling suburban collars
 They power the city's cisterns
 Whenever they pull the trainchain
 They gradually start the pistons
 So keep your hair on if you can
 When you're living in a van
 Call a friend when you're in doubt
 Nights are hoarse when you're locked out
 Grins painted on petrol tigers
 Are only the tanks of porter
 Statistics of all the campaigns
 Are written down on water
 So don't regret the cars that rust
 Everything must turn to dust
 Cultivate and dig your croft
 Nights are hard when you've gone soft
 Lovers in the dark
 Murders in the park
 By the silver moon
 Blankets from the fear
 Cars when roads are near
 Winter's much too soon.