New Birds
Arab Strap

You just have to be sure you're doing the right thing

I mean it's very easy to forget

She's just sitting there in the pub with her new friends

And her new life and her new hair

And it's been five years but you'd know just to look at her

I wasn't even sure it were her at first

I was ready to walk away but she smiled

And called me over and we said hello for a bit

When we back to our tables

We were trying not to look over at each other

And told our friends to stop staring

I didn't see her for the rest of the night

But by closing time the beer's kicked in

So I go up and speak to her

And we end up talking about our new homes

Our new jobs and our new birds

She says she's been going out with him now

For about two and a half years

But they don't live together so he'd never find out

And you think about chasing her about school

When you were wee and lying in your bed

And listening to love songs

And pretending they were about you

And the first time you asked her out

She said no but one night you went to a wedding

And when you came back to the pub

She's changed her mind and you went out

You remember the way she swung her arms

When she held your hand

But you can't remember how she kissed

And now you've got the chance to find out

But you have to remember there's this other kiss

She's at home, wondering where you are and what you're doing

And you work hard on this kiss and you know it inside out

It's as much yours as it is hers

And it took a long time to get right

It took months of practice

And months of embarrassment but now you've got it perfected

And you've been looking forward to that kiss all week

You can see her breath in the air

Between your faces as you stand in the leaves

And she just asks you straight out

If you want to come and stay at her flat

But you make sure you get separate taxis

And you go home and there might be a slight regret

And you might wonder what you missed

But you have to remember the kiss you worked so hard on

And you'll know you've done the right thing

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