Highfield

I can't believe you're walking down here to pick me up with our friend

And I've only slept and showered since you walked me home again

I could spend all my time with you, and you know I wouldn't mind one bit

You want me to stay safe, but I wanna forget the world for the evening

I'm gonna take self-defence, so don't worry yourself about me

I'll only leave the house without getting changed once in a while

But there's nothing like a red dress on a cloudy day in the park

Makes the birds sing a little louder

Makes my heart beat a little prouder

But each time I reach my door shaking screams from my head and rivers from my eyes

Take my makeup off for a work call and try to forget about the road outside

I wish the whole world was Highfield, I wish it stretched right to my door

And over Broom Lane with its cars and its horns and its shouts and the staring

Oh, I wish the whole world was Highfield, overgrowing red bricks in the sun

Along Watts Street sun against the catkins against bare branches against the high clouds