Don't Mention the War - The Divine Comedy

Mister can you take me into Little Rock I'll buy the coffee and I'll fill your truck I'll listen all night if you wanna talk Just don't mention Memphis And we can talk about your family Politics, music, and philosophy Any old subject's allright with me Just don't mention Memphis Or blue eyes and light brown hair An angel wavin' to me from the top of the stairs The hardest thing I did was leave her standin' there So don't mention Memphis Pass me the thermos and I'll fill your cup We'll make Texas with a little luck And I'm hangin' with ya 'till the sun comes up So don't mention Memphis Or blue eyes and light brown hair An angel wavin' to me from the top of the stairs The hardest thing I did was leave her standin' there So don't mention Memphis I don't wanna talk about Memphis And the hardest thing I did was leave my baby there So don't mention Memphis I don't wanna talk about Memphis

Written by C. Wilmore & C. Jackson Hoo, hoo, mm Don't mention my heartache I just hide it away Don't want to remember what brings me pain Who does it hurt if I'm masquerading When anybody asks me you know I'll say, yeah That I love him, he loves me We're so good together I'll pretend he's home again Though he's gone forever Don't mention my heartache 'Cause I don't want nobody to know, no, no, no Just keep it a secret that he let me go 'Cause I don't want nobody to know That I go through the motions (motions) Put a smile on my face, yes, I do I heard that the weather is changing today, yeah, yeah And I don't talk about my business to noone If anybody asks me you know what I'll say, yeah That I love him; he loves me, we're so good together I'll pretend he's home again, though he's gone forever Don't mention my heartache 'Cause I don't want nobody to know, oh, no Just keep it a secret that he let me go 'Cause I don't want nobody to know-- Oh, oh, oh, oh, hoo-- That the heartache that I'm feeling makes me lonely, oh--- Don't mention my heartache 'Cause I don't want nobody to know, no, no Just keep it a secret that he let me go And I don't want nobody to know, nobody (Can't talk about it) Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah (Don't want to think about it) And I don't want nobody, I got a heartache I don't want nobody, I don't want nobody, I got a heartache (Don't mention my heartache) I got a heartache, he let me go It's a sweet face, yes, it is Don't want nobody, can't stand nobody (Don't mention my heartache) And I got to keep it a secret (I'm minding my business) 'Cause my man, 'cause my man Ain't my man no more Keeping it a secret (don't mention my heartache) Keeping it a secret, oh, all to myself, he let me go...

Time goes by And every single tear It must have well run dry And the lonely nights Become a strange accepted way And the years go past Just like the old song says The pain with time has healed It could not last But oh a friend Like a fool mentions your name Sunny days, drunken nights You smile and say It's all right But oh the cold, cold rain At the mention of your name Forgive me please If I shrug my shoulders When I put my friends at ease As I get older It's not that I don't feel colder than before Oh I've become so good at hiding What I feel without confiding It's still the same At the mention of your name

Postcards and letters T-shirts and sweaters Passports and Parkas Mobiles and chargers Two tennis rackets Blue Rizla packets A new sheep-skin jacket I lost it all All through my life there have been Many rare and precious things I have tried to call mine But I just cannot seem To keep hold of anything For more than a short time Possessions of a sentimental kind They were mine, now they're not Gym-kits and trainers Asthma inhalers Silk-cuts and Bennies Ten-packs and twenties C-class narcotics Antibiotics The holes in my pockets I lost it all All that I'd like is to know Just where do those lost things go? When they slip from my hands Then one night in a dream I passed through a sheepskin screen To a green, pleasant land I found them all piled up into the sky And I cried tears of joy

It was not that long ago it first occurred to me That my mother was a person in her own right And now I realize how very lucky I have been And there, but for the grace of God, go I, go I Mother dear, she can see inside Mother dear, and I've nowhere to hide Mother dear, did I spoil your plans? Mother dear, I do the best I can When I was a teenager, I really did believe That my parents had adopted me And the way I carried on they must have thought They'd brought the wrong little baby home from maternity Well, I'd like to say I'm sorry but my Mother dear, she already knows Mother dear, she'll never let me go Mother dear, kept me warm and safe Mother dear, I'll never lose my faith in mother dear If I ever get arrested by the C.I.A. Because they take me for a foreign spy They won't need no lie-detector, all they'll have to do Is make me look into my mother's eyes And I'll tell them anything they like Mother dear, she can see inside Mother dear, and I've nowhere to hide Mother dear, kept me warm and safe Mother dear, I'll never lose my faith in mother dear Mother dear, mother dear My mother dear Mother dear, did I spoil your plans? Mother dear, I do the best I can

Give me your love And I'll give you the perfect lovesong With a divine Beatles bassline And a big old Beach Boys sound I'll match you pound for pound Like heavy-weights in the final round We'll hold on to each other So we don't fall down Give me a wink And I'll give you what I think you're after With just one kiss I will whisk you away To where angels often tread We'll paint this planet red We'll stumble back to our hotel bed And make love to each other 'Til we're half dead Maybe now you can see Just what you mean to me Give me your love And I'll give you the perfect lovesong Give me your word That you'll be true to me always come what may Forever and a day No matter what other people may say We'll hold on to each other 'Til we're old and grey