Alone in London

Alone in London as we were then

You smoked by the window as I stared from the bed

That room in Willesden where I felt semi-divine

You made me mortal, you never called me mine

Drunk on the green, I met your wine-stained lips

Felt the coarse touch of your tobbacoed fingertips

Tried to resist you, I tried to decline

You were always deaf to that, but you never called me mine

Some boy up north says I best watch out

He thinks you love me, but I have my doubts

Between violent fantasies, his tears soak the Tyne

He could save 'em, you never called me mine

Eugenie, Eugenie

All your hopes were hopelessly wasted on me

Your coral dawns have come and gone

I've got nothing to tell you now, except you weren't wrong

Was I unkind to thee? It may be true

Just knew the ocean was a lighter shade of you

And you were selfish, you stole the kiss off line

I let you have it, you never called me mine

Eugenie, Eugenie

You said I stood for nothing good, still, you stood with me

Like others in arms covered in scars

All I wanted then was to stay where you were

Your next was worse, but not by far

He stole the last of your laughs and bullied your weekend heart

So pour yourself a kingly cup, put on Woman of Heart and Mind

Always had more than I did, and you never called me mine

Alone in London, ten years have gone

No need to tell you what you've always known

That taste of honey has soured in time

I'd almost forgotten I never called you mine

Almost forgotten I never called you mine