The Dog and Bacon
The Dog and Bacon The green to whence I ran away (Rang home from the vanished red call box) Landing there again with A&R again today I saw the circular path that I had taken Just as I was crossing the road to the shop Looked up and there I saw The freshly painted sign Depicting in lush strokes the dog and bacon Butcher gaily wielding cleaver Dog with ham joint in its maw Me striding towards the coop To buy more butchers streaky bacon Boys remain on the green All long grass and butter cups Looking after Betty chocolate lab pup Borrowed from friends for the weekend And now she’s ours to pretend The moment never sours never ends The circular path that I have taken Back outside the dark and beacon Co-Op was once a Vivo next to an offi Now they’ve knocked it through Text alert - Don’t forget coffee It was here aged six I asked Lesley With long straight dark brown hair To marry me – wait for me She was a shop girl but now I’m ...