DESCRIPTION:
Andy Pawlak - Shoebox Full Of Secrets (Fontana, 1989)

She said she loved tomato soup
Had orange stains on all her favourite books
And a dusty chess set the never moved
And a shoebox full of secrets
She sang bitter songs on an old guitar
Of hungry dogs and hoovered lawns
Of oaths that were so boldly sworn
Of lovers keeping lovers warm

This time around, this time
We'll try to keep our heads above the ground
And the feelings came again
All the dizzy heights of pain
This time around, this time
We'll keep our bed of nails where it can't be found
Where the dirty dishes stay
Where her deepest murmurs lay

She said she'd found a place to hide
In a big white room full of big white lies
Where her life was just a state of mind
Just a shoebox full of secrets
And graciously she'd sit and stare
In her baby skin and flaxen hair
Writing guilty words for guilty songs
Of lovers keeping lovers warm

[Written by Andy Pawlak
Published by Chrysalis Music]