Piano Magic Sketch For Joanne lyrics

Joanne comes around
With a radio and absinthe
We start the afternoon
With Polish Xmas songs on shortwave

She laughs as we burn the first shot
The green flame
I love Joanne

We've been friends for 12 years
We used to be lovers
But now a hug can be just a hug

I followed her from Derbyshire to London
She's the sub librarian
The swan feeder, spectacle breaker

I wanted to buy her a bicycle this Xmas
But she said it was too much

She can close me down
Like I let no one else do
We watch the green flame in the window
And it somehow makes me think of Amsterdam or Paris

Rain beneath canal bridges in neon café light
The phone rings but it's not for me
The answering machine catches it
And holds it and holds it and holds it