(Difford/Tilbrook)   

  

She moved from Clapham   

And didn't look back    

Her life was changed in an instant   

The van was filled up   

And tied to the rack    

Her home that now seemed so distant   

Kissing goodbye   

To her friends on the stairs   

She felt a loss deep within her   

Sat in the front seat with stuff everywhere   

The neighbours said they would ring her   

They moved to the sea front   

And loved their new view   

Of tides coming in on the shingle   

She and her daughter   

Found new things to do   

At last it was good to be single   

And in the summer   

The place came alive   

Lights on the pier in the evening   

The fresh sea air   

And could cut with a knife   

Such a wonderful feeling   



She worked in a pub   

Where bands would appear   

On a tiny stage in the corner    

She watched them load in   

With tattered old gear   

The place would get like a sauna   

London had gone now   

Her new life was strong   

She found herself a new karma   

She fell for a man   

Who played with a band   

And took her life from it's drama   



She moved from Clapham   

And didn't look back   

The past was neatly extinguished   

He was much younger   

But she lived with that    

He struggled hard with his english   

She felt his loving   

And proudly reclaimed   

All of the warmth she'd been lacking   

They lay in bed   

Looking out at the rain   

No more moving or packing   



She moved from Clapham   

And didn't look back   

Her life had changed in an instant