A Thursday night in Scarborough town,
Not much to do, few tourists are down
The usual drink in the usual inn
Then a vision of beauty came wandering in
She takes a seat at the bar by my side
Looks at me with passionate eyes
They draw me in, I can hardly think
Then she offers to buy me a drink
Well we talk for hours, it comes easily
It’s like she is no stranger to me
Normally I’d stutter or hide myself away
But she made all my shyness evaporate that day
She said there’s not much party life in Scarborough
But there’s one tonight on a boat in the harbour
Did I want to join her to see if it’s good
Yes I agreed, of course I would
The boat was rocking, partying in full swing
Nobody stopped us as we wandered in
We danced, we drank, we tried the liquor
Until someone asked just who we were
All of a sudden I felt sweat on my brow
Partycrashers someon shouted, let’s deal with them now
We were bundled on deck, it was looking a bit grim
She whispered in my ear, I hope you can swim
Then with a scream we were both in the sea
Panicking and floundering till she came to me
Lie back and float,she took me in hand
And swam me back till we reached the sand
Well wet and tired we both lay for a while
Then saw the funny side, I had to smile
She giggled, took my hand and we watched the stars up above
I wondered if it was possible so quickly to love
I tentative suggested we lose our wet clothes
Skinny dip in the night, no one sees, no one knows
She giggled again and said ok, you first!
So I stripped and ran in the sea till fully immersed
And turned hoping to see her in her birthday suit
Only to find her gone, with my clothes to boot..
Now I lived in a flat not that far to go
It took me hours moving from shadow to shadow
Wrapped in a bin liner I’d found in a bin
Smelling of something the dog wouldn’t drag in
But it spared my blushes and eventually I arrived
Just happy to find that I had survived
I cursed her but still I found I was intrigued
This girl was definitely from another league
I jumped in the shower to wash it all away
All in all it was still a good day.
It was several days later, another party that night
This time I made sure I had an invite!
I had a few drinks and exchanged jokes, drank some more
Then realised someone was watching me from the door
I felt the blood drain from my face, it was she
The girl who had made such a fool out of me,
Angrily I strode over to where she was waiting
Her smile was both endearing and really frustrating
Before I could speak she said quietly
Come outside and talk to me
We went outside and we sat in my car
Then she kissed me, it felt really bizarre
Here I was ready to shout and explode
One kiss disarmed me, lightened my load
Take me home she murmured, just drive to begin
Turn left by the pharmacy, she smiled, or maybe turn in
My heart thumped in my chest, t ran into the shop
Must have bought all the protection they had in stock,
Paid at the counter and oh God this was weird
The girl and my car had both disappeared.
So once again I found myself walking back home
Realised she’d driven off with my wallet and phone
When I got back I was straight on the landline
Cancelling cards and feeling asinine
Once that was done reported the theft of the car
The police thought maybe she wouldn’t get far
They will come round and see me as soon as they can
To take all the details when they have a free man
But I heard him laughing as he hung up the phone
Felt myself blushing even though I’m alone
I sat on the sofa to consider the cost
Then realised I was sitting on the wallet I’d lost
Half an hour later the doorbell shook me from my slumber
The policeman asked me for the car’s registration number
When I told him he asked me what’s that in the drive
My last piece of reason took a nosedive
For instead of a space where my car used to be
It was parked there making a mockery of me
The copper told me I was risking a bit of a fine
For wasting he said, valuable police time
I couldn’t explain the car in the drive
Or any of my story really, it sounded contrived
When the policeman left, I found myself in tears
Something i hadn’t done in years
I walked into the kitchen to make me a drink
She was standing there smiling leaning on the sink
The shock coursed through me, shaking and weak
It was all I could do to stay on my feet
Just who are you I whispered, what am I to you
I don’t understand these things that you do
You have my attention, I promise you that
And how the hell did you get into my flat?
She smiled and stretched, showing her figure to perfection
Meet me upstairs, she said, Like I’d make an objection
I locked the front door and ran up the stairs
I think I already knew that she wouldn’t be there
And of course she wasn’t, I let out a sigh of defeat
How could someone so annoying be so sweet?
Two weeks later, almost to the day
I came down from the castle into north bay
As usual, the wind was blowing a breeze
Toppling empty deck chairs and windbreaks with ease
A figure stepped forward and she took my hand
Walk with me, walk with me, over the sand
Over the sand and into the sea
If you love me and trust me, please walk with me
Without hesitation we walked on the sand
Over the sand and into the sea
Witnesses came forward all of them agree
Two people fully dressed walked into the sea
But the policemen really couldn’t understand
Why only one set of footprints left in the sand
The sea keeps its secrets, no bodies ever found
You can maybe assume two people were drowned
Or maybe just one, or none,who can tell?
The sea keeps its secrets exceedingly well
But maybe in a world just a heartbeat away
Where the suns always shining on every day
Two people walked out, ran out of the sea
Happily laughing, loving and free
Walking together, holding hand in hand
With two sets of footprints left in the sand…