All lyrics written by Gordon McIntyre. Unauthorized reproduction is prohibited.

'Public Park' aka. 'Dogs Not Kids'

You have dogs instead of children / You take long walks instead of spending time with your husband / But if I had a husband like you / I would take long walks too / You're standing in the supermarket / Watching the boy at the checkout and making love to him In your head again / You know it's sad, but you can't stop / It's the only fun you get when you shop / And maybe someday he'll turn round and say / That you are the most beautiful girl in the world / And he'll be Elvis Presley / To your Marilyn Monroe

You spend your Sundays in the park / with a pooper scooper in your hand / and it's not what you aspired to / When you were young and your whole life lay before you Lay before you / You could have been an architect raising structures in your head / but if I'd told you this then / Then you would have settled for it / You are the most beautiful girl in the world / And I'll be Elvis Presley / To your Marilyn Monroe

Then you've run out of boys to kiss / And you've run out of girls to talk to / There's got to be more than this / There's got to, there's got to, there's got to/

In a darkened room - In a Star Wars t-shirt / You drew out your light sabre - waved it in the air / And you dream - about Princess Leia / Different ways you can save her - then save yourself / And you know - nothing changes here anyway / And you know - nothing changes here anyway / And you know - you can't change it all anyway / You know it's true - even though it applies to you

In a drunken state - you grab your bow and arrow / And shoot at moving targets - that you never hit / And you can walk - along a straight-drawn chalk line / But you don't have the time to tell the truth anymore

In a darkened room - In a Star Wars t-shirt / You drew out your light sabre - waved it in the air / And you dream - about Princess Leia / Different ways you can save her - then save yourself

You did a perfect job last night / You shaved your legs and you washed your bike and / You looked like an Olympic cyclist to me / And in the Athens Velodrome / I listened to the crowd roar you home and / You were just a blur when you went passed me /

After the trials - after it all / You can see for miles - I can't see at all / I had a perfect afternoon / The afternoon that I spent with you In Brighton on the beach and in the sea / And in your tiny council flat / Relive the memories that take you back to / Athens and your rain-soaked sprint for gold

And I knew - that you were the one / And I - I still know it / And I know - that you are the only one / With the strength and sense to get me through it / After the trials - after it all / You can see for miles - I can't see at all

When I was young I used to think / That jumping could solve everything / Now I guess I know that it's not true / But sometimes it's the only thing that I want to do / Though we walked in two's and did what we were told / Up in the air, you'd never have known / It was me in the blue in the sky for the longest time / Moving and arcing A vague collection of lines / I see people / I see people / I see people going down

And when I got up in the air I thought that I would just stay there / I reached and grabbed onto the air Came down, dug in and sprayed sand Everywhere / The boys around me stood and stared I scratched my **** like I didn't care / Took out my shirt and shook it clean / Lifted my head and walked out Across the green / and I see / I see people / I see people / I see people going down

I - I live for long jumping / I live for long jumping / I live for long jumping / I live for long / I wish that I Could spend my time / I wish that I / Could spend my time / In the air / I wish that I Could get by / I wish that I Could get by / I wish that I Could get by / With long jumping.

You wait in by the telephone for the beautiful Argentinean girl to call / But it's been a week now / And you're sick of drink and waking up to headaches and financial embarrassment / But it keeps on happening / And your paint gun's lying empty there are pristine walls in galleries that you just can't face / Not today anyway / And the President says you're an influence on kids in the street but you don't know what he means / You didn't vote for the **** anyway

And the stars and stripes will shine / All across the land tonight / And your name will be up high in brightly coloured lights / And the stars and stripes will shine / All across the land tonight / And your name will be up high in brightly coloured lights

And the tabloid press still phone you up for interviews about your work, but you turn them down / You've got nothing to say to them / Another girl, another work of art, another bright red wall, another panic attach and who knows / Where it will all end / And the stars and stripes will shine for you tonight / All across the USA your name will be in lights / And you don't know anything that you want more / But you don't know anything you want anymore / And you are - a man again you are - a man again