I Was Here Lyrics - Del Amitri - Del Amitri

Though the coffins are calling, I'm not coming 

I'm too young to listen and I'm still scrawling on 

See-saws and slides, skipping ropes and swings 

Toothpaste and trousers, watches and wedding rings 

She shouted to me under the juggernaut roar 

"This is the bad life, what are we here for?" 

And wonderful world why are you full 

Of endless monotony and tiresome fools? 

These people that surrounded me were damaged and done 

And we were as compatible as swimming pools and slums 

And why are you grinning from ear to ear? 

Isn't this the bad life? 

Though there was leads in the petrol 

And bacteria in the beer 

Though she moved away 

And left me hopeless, I was writing 

I was here 

She said, This bad life that I'm leading 

Is deceiving and depriving me 

I said, Why don't you try relieving me 

While she was reading? 

I was stealing from the library 

And sweetness and sadness lived in sin 

With built-in indigestion the new buildings held their stomachs in 

Goodness and badness were hardly anything 

I wanted to love her but she was never in 

Though they were taking out tongues in the land of the gun 

Though the sweating was getting near 

Though her head was hung saying, I did not become her 

I keep writing, I was here 

Though the dusts were growing in my lungs and some 

Were turning backs on the babies turning blue 

And I adore you but before you say, "I adore you too" 

Say, I was here and so were you