Late Afternoon in the Meadow (1887)

I saw a man jump off the Clifton Street bridge
Onto the Westlink, harder than a cliff-edge

Oh man, oh man, the way he fell
Like a sack of spuds, a ringing bell
Down a stone well

Oh man, oh man, the way he fell,
Like a sack of spuds, a ringing bell
Stone well

This river of concrete
Cut the city in two
So you never knew me
I never knew you

But I can't imagine why
Anyone would do that
Tell me brother why,
Why'd you do that?

No, I can't imagine why
Anyone would do that
Tell me brother why,
Where were you going?

Somewhere warmer, kinder,
Softer on the soul
Like the mother's hand,
The honeycomb
Skies of Pisarro
Late Afternoon in the Meadow (1887)
When they assured us all once
That it can only get better

But I'm not sure now
Not so sure

"Well I'll tell you pal,
If you'd care to listen"
He said as he stood up
And climbed into my Nissan

Reversed down the motorway
Got off at the falls
Drove up Black Mountain
As he told me it all

He said "I've been feeling low, low, low
For a long time now
And I owe, owe, owe a lot of
Money to the wrong people"

My life's just something that's been
Happening to me
Used to play for Cliftonville
'Til I wrecked my knee
Started working for my uncle
Started hanging round the bars
Y'know I really thought
That I'd be somewhere else by now

Somewhere warmer, kinder,
Softer on the soul
Like the mother's hand,
The honeycomb,
Skies of Pisarro
Late Afternoon in the Meadow (1887)
When they assured us all once
That it can only get better

Get warmer, kinder
Softer on the soul
Like the mother's hand,
The honeycomb,
Skies of Pisarro
Late Afternoon in the Meadow (1887)
When they assured us,
I was so sure that it could only get better

Not so sure now

Not so sure now