New Birds Lyrics - Arab Strap

You just have to be sure you're doing the right thing 

I mean it's very easy to forget 

She's just sitting there in the pub with her new friends 

And her new life and her new hair 

And it's been five years but you'd know just to look at her 

I wasn't even sure it were her at first 

I was ready to walk away but she smiled 

And called me over and we said hello for a bit 

When we back to our tables 

We were trying not to look over at each other 

And told our friends to stop staring 

I didn't see her for the rest of the night 

But by closing time the beer's kicked in 

So I go up and speak to her 

And we end up talking about our new homes 

Our new jobs and our new birds 

She says she's been going out with him now 

For about two and a half years 

But they don't live together so he'd never find out 

And you think about chasing her about school 

When you were wee and lying in your bed 

And listening to love songs 

And pretending they were about you 

And the first time you asked her out 

She said no but one night you went to a wedding 

And when you came back to the pub 

She's changed her mind and you went out 

You remember the way she swung her arms 

When she held your hand 

But you can't remember how she kissed 

And now you've got the chance to find out 

But you have to remember there's this other kiss 

She's at home, wondering where you are and what you're doing 

And you work hard on this kiss and you know it inside out 

It's as much yours as it is hers 

And it took a long time to get right 

It took months of practice 

And months of embarrassment but now you've got it perfected 

And you've been looking forward to that kiss all week 

You can see her breath in the air 

Between your faces as you stand in the leaves 

And she just asks you straight out 

If you want to come and stay at her flat 

But you make sure you get separate taxis 

And you go home and there might be a slight regret 

And you might wonder what you missed 

But you have to remember the kiss you worked so hard on 

And you'll know you've done the right thing