Soulshine

Keep the car running honey due south

Kissing rays of sun into my tempted mouth

Let’s drive past that last city sign

You girl, you really make my soul shine

Out of here honey, our own new start

Catching our eyes, holding our hearts

Out of here, for the very last time

You girl, you really make my soul shine

I always listened to what you were trying to say

Your heart is leaking love, in need of a tourniquet.

I’ve got the bandages honey, a one-man first aid kit

Put your shattered faith in my hands, I’ll take the hit.

In life seems we don’t get to choose,

Who we get to love, who we get to lose,

But we’re not leaving early, we’re sticking around

Wars lost or won on a heart-sleeve battleground

We’re eating up those telegraph poles

Battered suitcases and battered souls

Worth the wait, when our fingers entwine

You girl, you really make my soul shine

We’re gonna make it happen honey

Rocking your head, me trying to be funny

Screaming past the old harbour light

Car’s full of Springsteen, racing in the night

Now the car’s long stopped running hun

Those showers, they’ve long come and gone

We knew it, from the start we’d be fine

You girl, you really make my soul shine

(J. Guinness / M. Aysgarth 2021)