Stray Lyrics by Aztec Camera

Stray

Words and music by roddy frame


You dont have to tell me what youre still looking for,
Two arms to hold you and a voice to say,
"thats alright, you can spend the night",
Well, come around.
cos Ive been there and these are the notes
From the overground,
The world saxaphone quartet, the smell of violets,
And a passing friend wont let you down.

Listen to the rhythm of the rain falling,
Say youre gonna change your foolish ways.
Make a promise, break a promise in the same day,
It goes the same way, anyway.
So you pray for silence and its sadness and its violence
To be washed away, one day.

I understand the state youve reach of being unreachable,
Somewhere out there where only the music plays.
Loneliness and being alone dont always mean the same,
Who needs the movie? you can see the music anyway.
A sketch for winter, a burgundy and sanctuary
Can make me stay when I feel that way.

And if my words dont say the things that they were meant to say,
And if confusion comes and carries all my words away,
And if you still dont understand,
I wanna hold your hand, and look at it this way...
Someone singings better than the war theyre winning
Winging its way, your way or my way,
Any day, any way, stray.