Finistere by The Lilac Time Lyrics

Come and watch the sun set with me from Finistère
A sentimental moment with me, we can share
Forget the faces of forgotten children
Oh, how they cried
They cannot forget forgetful fathers
Oh, how they lied
And how they tried to run away

You listen to your Walkman on the back seat of the bus
And feel yourself evaporate in unselfconsciousness
The wounded animal sat by the roadside
"Oh, how..." he cried
"...did the peaceful pastures become minefields...?"
"...oh, woe" he cried
For now he cannot run away

Oh, run away from the half digested bitterness you feel
"Oh, how can you stay?"
Says the unexpected innocence you keep
And how long does that innocence keep
You from drying up, drying out and fading away?
The days when I was bullet proof and nightly full of holes
As deep and strong as cellophane in a galaxy of souls
The father to so many needs a mother
Oh, how she cried
Does the father's mother need a lover?
"Oh, yes, please" she cried
"I know I'll never run away"