There's a town I know called Nevers,

no Nevers

never wasn't was what it weren't


when it wasn't once. Knew Nevers?

Knew Nevers?

Nothing never I'll ever learnt.


There's a village I visit, that's Vaguely;

Sorta Vaguely.

vaguely yes I seem to recall.


though it's unclear clearly- vaguely?

Very vaguely.

can't say it's been there once and for all.


I put back on my overshoes

and got in my Renault.

The trips reset so I'm unsure

how far it is to go:-

But then it hits me (slap)-

I've left it off my map!


There's a city I saw signed Something-

must be something.

something never quite so defined,


so much so how somewhere something

(though some sing)

so to speak's the uncertain kind.


In an index looked up Where-it-was,

exactly where it was,

just in fact to make sure I can't


set a course straight through to where it ain't

and where it ain't

ain't gotten to except at a slant.


I put back on my new black boots

and pack up my Citroen.

And out of town it huffs and puffs;

I set off there alone.-

And then it hits me (slap)-

I've left it off my map.


There's a place I passed called once upon a time-

tiny once upon a time-

never wasn't weren't what it was.


Set the clock back twice or once upon a time

in once upon a time-

never knew when it wasn't there because