happy clowns

she would sell anything

even herself

motorway services

she gets her fix

he's a thief

steals from his family

steals from his neighbours' terraced houses

all the mp3s and the exercise machines and the dvd players

that they take to cash converters

cash converters

gone in an instant

buys it from an ice-cream van

and when the smack hits

he could be anyone

on the other hand

there's jeremy

likes to play bagatelle with his terminally ill mother

watches from the window in the end terraced house

sees them at work where they try to sell him

amplifiers and some cheap guitars

televisions

that they take to cash converters

cash converters

gone in an instant

puts them in the back of his blue van

and when the hammer blow hits

he could be anyone

he turns them into happy clowns

and plays with them until they rot

he prayed for forgiveness

but not for himself

then he goes upstairs

with a cup of tea

for his dying mother

and for a while he feels free

all the mp3s and the exercise machines and the dvd players

that they take to cash converters

cash converters

and all the amplifiers and the cheap guitars

televisions

that they take to cash converters

cash converters