Family

Joey puts her make-up on really well
 She looks cool in the flashing lights
 And all the boys gossip about the shape of her legs
 On these muddled up and drunken nights
 And if it's all got to end up between the sheets
 She can coo like a virgin dove
 But really she just doesn't want to be alone
 And if you want you can call that love
 M6 southbound roadside cafe on a wild wet and windy night
 There's a kid in a sleeping bag huddled in a corner, trying to beg a light
 He's got mum and dad tattooed on his arm
 From when he thought that that would make it alright
 He's got hope and fear on his young boy's face
 Another innocent taking flight, saying
 Ch: Give me some place that I can go
 Where I don't have to justify myself
 Swimming out alone against this tide
 Looking for family looking for tribe
 They said go, get out, we've got our own lives to lead
 Now that water is thicker than blood
 And every house is divided into single flats
 With their very own little welcome rug
 The shopping mall it is teeming with life
 Fighting for the goodies on the shelf
 But there's those funny old people on the escalators
 Talking to themselves, saying
 Ch: Give me some place that I can go
 Where I don't have to justify myself
 Swimming out alone against this tide
 Looking for family looking for tribe
 Well I survive on my own for a while or so
 Upon a whim or a bottle of wine
 Just trying to make sense of these new surroundings
 I only changed my name a couple of times
 Please take me back Joey, I'm really sorry
 Can we try to make a happy home?
 But she's gone with someone else and they're starting a family
 Trying for a clan of their own, so
 Ch: Give me some place that I can go
 Where I don't have to justify myself
 Swimming out alone against this tide
 Looking for family looking for tribe