Aberdeen 1987 - The Xcerts

Hey you, do you remember me?

15, sitting in a graveyard talking about their history

Are you sleeping well at night?

Your eyes are closed and the window’s down

But your thoughts are not in flight

Let the girl sleep off her pain

Her thoughts collide like waves

A voice is in her head

This is what is says

I’m your new best friend

Yeah I’m your new haircut

Yeah I’m the alcohol that burns down your neck and into your gut

And I was cold outside

And your screams are loud

And I’m trying to wrap up, I find it hard as I stumble to the ground

Hey you, do you remember me?

17 lying on a bed now we’re making history

Did you hear the news today?

I’m leaving home with a letter torn straight from an empty case

Let the families say good bye

Such a withered night

The boy will learn to talk

Timing won’t hide

I’m your new best friend

Yeah I’m your new haircut

Yeah I’m the alcohol that burns down your neck and into your gut

And I was cold outside

and your screams are loud

And I’m trying to wrap up, I find it hard as I stumble to the ground

Hey you, do you still think of me?

19, sitting on a beach clutching a bottle of history

Are you still singing songs at night?

I heard that one that you wrote for me how can false words sound pretty?

Let the boys sing out their pain

Let the dreams just slip away

Let the liars howl at night

Under darkened lamp light

(Sing it with me boys)

I’m your new best friend

Yeah I’m your new haircut

Yeah I’m the alcohol that burns down your neck and into your gut

And I was cold outside

and your screams are loud

And I’m trying to wrap up a fight that halves (?) are stumbled to the ground