Set

I was all set to go
but with the rain
and the tube strikes
and the pain in my chest
I phoned you to say
I could not make it.

In the end my evening was near perfect
I spent an hour mending the garden gate
now it does not squeak
and I wired up the doorbell
so that when we get visitors it plays
We Will Rock You by Queen.

I listened to old records
I found some still in their packaging.
We bought them when on that weekend trip to Camden
when we went to watch AC DC.
When we returned we were still buzzing
and the records must have slipped our minds.

I went next door to talk to Winston
he dealt some cards
and brought out the brandy
and told me about his greyhounds.
When I used the phrase "we should do this more often"
I genuinely meant it.

I went to bed happy
until I was woken by the telephone.
It was you
telling me you had been drinking free red wine all night
and had met Lemmy
from Motorhead.