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Recognised Codeword

from Six Inches of Water (2021) by Anthony Toner

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Recognised Codeword

There are places in this city
where the taxis never go,
but she knows when she calls my number
that I’m always going to show.
From the day I got my license
she was one of my first fares,
and I’ve carried a torch for all these years
and never had a prayer.

I used to drop her off on Hill Street
every Friday without fail,
or the Opera House with her mother,
or the January sales.
But now she only goes to this blinded house
at the back of some estate,
and there’s always a guy who stands outside
and reads my number plate.

CHORUS:
She’s a recognised codeword,
she’s a ten minute warning.
She says ‘pick me up back here again
half seven in the morning’.
One night I gave her back her change
and I got this unexpected kiss
and she says ‘whatever else is coming, man
it can’t be worse than this,
no, it can’t be worse than this.’

I’ve been driving round this city
like a goldfish in a bowl,
and they keep standing it up and tearing it down,
and filling in the holes.
They say if you look down from the Motorway
(where you’re not supposed to be)
you can see the shadows on the ground,
where the old houses used to be.

CHORUS

From the drop-off to the pick-up,
I’m a spring that won’t unwind.
I know she’s with a bad crowd
and she’s always on my mind.
But I’ve learned to keep my mouth shut,
and my hands upon the wheel -
and I can talk all day to strangers,
and never mention what I feel.

CHORUS

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from Six Inches of Water (2021), released July 19, 2021

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