By the Time the Buttercream Splits Lyrics

It takes me back to a simpler time

Before I knew what it meant to cry

A pinafore and a daisy chain

I've been here before on a separate occasion

How did we get so dark

How did we come to this

Another youthful stroll through the park

Well now you're a witness

She doesn't get it

"Why are you crying?" she says

"I've got a pencil sharpener" I tell her

She wants to know what we're drawing

I stole every line so far

Probably something I saw

Between when I was her and I was me

It used to be broken fingernails

Now it's platform bridge rails

And every time I save one for you

I've been told so many stories

Of a man without a name

Dad's old mate, mum's old mate

Never got to procreate

Never do what he did, I'm not asking

'Cos I'm always here my love

I only wish he'd known

He left the world with a whimper

And probably a bit of something else

And I wish he had been my godfather

Well on the subject of gods and fathers