I keep falling in love with only-childrennNo kinship rivalry makes for more determinationnMore desire, more drive, more infatuationnWith me, me, me, me...nnSpoilt kid, 14-hour state-side trip, with the yanks falling at your feetnThey love the way you speak, internationally, intentionally cutenSpin some records and shine out like Spacemen 3nGet high-rise fever, get high up there and look down on mennI kind of understand the fashion thing your picking –nIt’s soft, elegant, statuesque like Malkmus strummingnI mean whatever you need to do, you know…nI’m still inclined to think of you as slightly pretentiousnnI’d like to bless your new attitude – its ruthless, edgy and makes me hornynBut then so does speciality soaps and German coffeenPolish up the French for the cinema datesnI’ll get you an ‘I love New York’ mug from the marketplacennI know I left you reelingnI know I left you thinkingnI know I left you turningnAround and around and aroundnnJust like a record babynLike a record baby right round right round right roundnnAm I allowed?nAm I allowed?nIn in in in in in in...nnWell its good we are so busy these daysnI hope you don’t want to re-write Penny LanenLike every English boy with half a brainnBecause I think I’d prefer it if you stayed the samennI had a plan we could see Raphael at the NationalnStare at the moon-faced painted eggshellsnHave a conversation about somethingnAnd drink to see what the night might bringnnBut you know, I’m here, you’re therenIts like that and its late OctobernI’d like to thank personally all the people that got me herenMy manager, my friends, family and of course the overseernnI would ghost write for younFor years and years until your voice rang truenYou could walk the streets at night and I wouldnDo all I could to make sure you were all rightnnI know I left you reelingnI know I left you thinkingnI know I left you turningnAround and around and aroundnnJust like a record babynLike a record baby right round right round right roundnnAm I allowed?nAm I allowed?nIn in in in in in in in in in in in in I nin in in in in in in in in in in n in in in in in in in in I nin in in in?