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Run Rabbit Run

from Blossoms And Bicycles by Philip Jeays

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RUN RABBIT RUN

A slow rain slips down relentless
As a street preacher with an easy smile
Who hides the ghost of his daughter in his fists
Outside Kebab Heaven
Where angels mix with cardboard men
And graffitied pavements
Comb away water to the drains
The suspicions of ungrateful seasons plague his dogma
The night is round
Show your hand

One jack
Three kings
One queen
Three nines
Nine nine nine
And throwing bottles in the road
Tomorrow’s soldiers disco dancing

(Chorus)
What is tomorrow for?
Here is your future now
Wishing on a monkey’s paw
With stolen money in your pocket
Beneath the city lights
Take the long way round tonight
Run rabbit run

Down the steps to another dive
Another pike, tuck and roll
Don’t break the surface
Go in clean, stay sharp
She says she’s a single girl from a factory town
She says her name is Ruth
She takes the drink you offer
And prints off a smile from a face low on ink
She may not be beautiful
But she understands the passion in desperation
Show your hand

Two sevens
A pair of queens
A straight flush
Three nines
Nine nine nine
Blind men rush to raise their hands
Is this the way to monkey heaven?

(Chorus)

Cars dip and brake along the boulevard of empty shops
Where men in hoods with stiletto faces make their sales
She sings in the passenger seat as she falls asleep
To the still poetry of half-remembered radio songs
The night grazes its skin on the stones of early morning
And you wind down your window and feel the cold on your face
One step ahead
Run rabbit run
Run rabbit run
Show your hand

Two kings
Full house
Two pairs
Three nines
Nine nine nine
Twitching fingers in the wings
A chorus line of silent gossip

(Chorus)

Run rabbit run
Run rabbit run
Run rabbit run
Run rabbit

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from Blossoms And Bicycles, released May 7, 2021

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