Come, have a drink with me –
Care can swallow love,
And tasks devour time
Enough of cups of tea!
Your eyes, ever more sublime,
Dancing bright above
A brown and friendly beer
Will soon meet mine, my dear
Intoxicatingly.
What people see when they enter our home
Is not a shabbiness, a bit of dust
The wear in carpets, evidence of rust...
They say the street is swept and cleaned by sunrise
At nine the traffic stops and blackbirds sing...
