October (First Version)-Naomi

[00:29.10]She wears her Japanese silk slippers [00:32.52]She's standing in a blizzard of post-it notes [00:35.52]On an Afghan rug and smiles [00:38.85]I comb a hand through my hair [00:41.52]I'm fumbling for a word but it's not there [00:44.88]There's just a blind spot in my memory [00:57.72]A friend wrote me a letter [00:59.37]From his cigarette break [01:01.26]He says he kind of found religion now [01:04.77]He says he's doing fine [01:07.23]A motorbike is roaring by outside [01:10.53]I think it would be nice to take a ride [01:13.83]Or spend a while in someone else's head [01:16.41]On the street the psychedelic alcoholic [01:29.19]From number 14 passes me by [01:31.44]He grins as if he knew something [01:33.72]Rent a flat, says a poster, [01:37.86]Rent a thought, rent a lifestyle [01:40.80]Today I saw a shopping cart duel [01:43.14]In the supermarket aisle [01:47.88]No sweets in the sweet shop, [01:49.05]No wind in the tree tops [01:50.52]And there's something in the air [01:56.16]Early snow in October, [01:58.83]All the drunkards are sober [02:02.37]And there's something in the air [02:14.67]All the while I think I gotta leave, [02:17.49]No-one's nice these days [02:19.26]And no-one pays their bills and I've been told [02:21.81]My heart's in perfect shape [02:24.57]Salesmen mumble bible quotings [02:26.94]On the radio like tinnitus [02:29.01]Irony is over, take the trash out [02:32.28]Who said that? [02:33.03]No sweets in the sweet shop, [02:37.05]No wind in the tree tops [02:42.84]And there's something in the air [02:44.16]Early snow in October, [02:46.65]All the drunkards are sober [02:50.37]And there's something in the air [03:31.53]She wears her Japanese silk slippers [03:34.83]She's standing in a blizzard of post-it notes [03:37.77]On an Afghan rug and smiles [03:41.43]The world has turned into a blur [03:43.86]With only random scenes in focus [03:47.10]Cut-out images I cannot possibly explain [04:01.23]No sweets in the sweet shop, [04:03.45]No wind in the tree tops [04:04.92]And there's something in the air [04:10.59]Early snow in October, [04:13.20]All the drunkards are sober [04:30.18]And there's something in the air