Small Town (Inverness)

SMALL TOWN - INVERNESS

With her majistys permission he stepped out into the early sunlight

on the right side of the heavy closing door

he whispered a little mantra to himself been running around his head

it went never never never never never never never no more

striding it out with a sense of purpous never once looking round

he took the first left into the station he took the first buss right out of town

because Inverness is such a small town reputations get so easily made

and it's so hard to find a stone to crawl under

when you've got a couple of debts unpaid a couple of debts unpaid

I was traveling for a different reason circumstances best left unsaid

knew every inch of the road I traveled but had no idea where it led

he offered me a drink from his bottle got angry when I declined

I had to say you take care of your little problem I'll take care of mine

I saw a dark dark day in his eye was it his or a reflection of mine

all I learnt on this trip was that everything unfolds through time

and that Inverness is such a small town reputations get so easily made

and it's so hard to find a stone to crawl under

when you've got a couple of debts unpaid a couple of debts unpaid

he was born and raised in North Uist saw the uniform as the great escape

took great pride and pleasure in proving he had much more than it takes

while in the service of the iron lady he was on a South Atlantic shore

the spray on the wind, smell of kelp on the breeze

and he was back at his mothers door

he told me he remembered the exact second the flash when all things changed

and how they left him alone in the shell that did remain

and now he finds Inverness is such a small town reputations get so easily made

and it's so hard to find a stone to crawl under

when you've got a couple of debts unpaid a couple of debts unpaid