James yorkston

I watch the park quieten from the hotel window, I hear you softly sleep amongst the cars and saluting songbirds, For a city whose size had scared me for years right now it's a feeble evening row, not...

As soon as we get a fighting chance we could lose ourselves amongst the crowd my love And you must know that I'm up for trying, forgetting all this civilising row And all these country miles are...

I didn't sleep at all last night I thought my heart had mastered the run of these seas But they appear not to care about calming lately I awoke with a smart and a look at the phone. I swear that I...

As I roved out one summer's morn, I saw a scarecrow tied to a pole in a field of corn. His coat was black and his head was bare, And as the wind shook him the crows took up into the air. Ah, but you'd...