What Was Said on the Landing - The Book Club

Older does not always mean wiser

And kinder is not always for the best

So why do people ignore all the warnings?

She slept on the floor, that I swear, and not in my bed

And now he’s far too cool

To take off his jacket

Just like the English spy

Inside he’s sweating buckets

She said they had not spoken for weeks now

Except for that chance encounter in the arcade

She did not find it very amusing

Holding his jacket while he spent the rest of his change

And if you can’t be honest with yourself

How can you expect all around to accept your fate?

And if you can’t be honest with yourself

What was said on the landing will never change the way the wind blows

Older does not always mean wiser

Kinder is not always for the best

And now she’s far too coy

To take off her jacket

Just like the English spy

She talks to no-one

And if you can’t be honest with yourself

How can you expect, all around, to accept your fate?

And if you can’t be honest with yourself

What was said on the landing will never change