New Birds

You just have to be sure you're doing the right thing
 I mean it's very easy to forget
 She's just sitting there in the pub with her new friends
 And her new life and her new hair
 And it's been five years but you'd know just to look at her
 I wasn't even sure it were her at first
 I was ready to walk away but she smiled
 And called me over and we said hello for a bit
 When we back to our tables
 We were trying not to look over at each other
 And told our friends to stop staring
 I didn't see her for the rest of the night
 But by closing time the beer's kicked in
 So I go up and speak to her
 And we end up talking about our new homes
 Our new jobs and our new birds
 She says she's been going out with him now
 For about two and a half years
 But they don't live together so he'd never find out
 And you think about chasing her about school
 When you were wee and lying in your bed
 And listening to love songs
 And pretending they were about you
 And the first time you asked her out
 She said no but one night you went to a wedding
 And when you came back to the pub
 She's changed her mind and you went out
 You remember the way she swung her arms
 When she held your hand
 But you can't remember how she kissed
 And now you've got the chance to find out
 But you have to remember there's this other kiss
 She's at home, wondering where you are and what you're doing
 And you work hard on this kiss and you know it inside out
 It's as much yours as it is hers
 And it took a long time to get right
 It took months of practice
 And months of embarrassment but now you've got it perfected
 And you've been looking forward to that kiss all week
 You can see her breath in the air
 Between your faces as you stand in the leaves
 And she just asks you straight out
 If you want to come and stay at her flat
 But you make sure you get separate taxis
 And you go home and there might be a slight regret
 And you might wonder what you missed
 But you have to remember the kiss you worked so hard on
 And you'll know you've done the right thing