From the recording For The Love Alone
Music & Words: Dominic Clark | Brent Thorley: lead vocal| Ian Pakes: drums, percussion | Dominic Clark: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, organ, melodica, vocoder, string arrangement
Lyrics
AFTER ALL THE WORDS I READ
THE PICTURES I SAW
OF A FUTURE UP AHEAD
A LIFE THAT WAS IN STORE
YOUNG AND MIDDLE AND OLD AGE
THE KIDS AND THE WIFE
SUDDENLY ON EVERY PAGE
THE STORY OF MY LIFE
IS READING VERY DIFFERENTLY
THE PAGES ARE RIFE
WITH TALES I DON'T WISH TO SEE
IN THE STORY OF MY LIFE
WHERE'S THE END I HAD IN MIND
AS SHARP AS A KNIFE
SUDDENLY I SEEM TO FIND
THE STORY OF MY LIFE
IS READING VERY DIFFERENTLY
THE PAGES ARE RIFE
WITH TALES I DON'T WISH TO SEE
IN THE STORY OF MY LIFE
IT'S READING VERY DIFFERENTLY
THE PAGES ARE RIFE
WITH TALES I DON'T WISH TO SEE
IN THE STORY OF MY LIFE
IT'S SET AROUND ANOTHER TOWN
WITH PEOPLE I DON'T REALLY KNOW
AND NOBODY TO SETTLE DOWN
IT'S TELLING OF A DIFFERENT MAN
THAN WHO I ALWAYS THOUGHT I'D BE
AND NOW THE STORY I BEGAN
IS READING VERY DIFFERENTLY
(ITS NOT THE STORY THAT I BOUGHT
IT'S NOT THE STORY THAT I SOLD
ITS NOT THE STORY THAT I THOUGHT
IT'S NOT THE STORY THAT I TOLD)