New Birds

You just have to be sure you're doing the right thing.
I mean it's very easy to forget - she's just sitting there 
in the pub with her new friends and her new life and her 
new hair, and it's been five years but you'd know just to 
look at her.

I wasn't even sure it were her at first, I was ready to 
walk away but she smiled and called me over and we said 
hello for a bit. When we back to our tables we were trying 
not to look over at each other and told our firneds to stop
 staring. I didn't see her for the rest of the night, but 
by closing time the beer's kicked in so I go up and speak 
to her and we end up talking about our new homes, our new 
jobs and our new birds.

She says she's been going out with him now for about two 
and a half years, but they don't live together so he'd 
never find out. And you think about chasing her about 
school when you were wee and lying in your bed and 
listening to love songs and pretending they were about you.
 And the first time you asked her out she said no but one 
night you went to a wedding and when you came back to the 
pub she's changed her mind and you went out. You remember 
the way she swung her arms when she held your hand but you 
can't remember how she kissed and now you've got the chance
 to find out.

But you have to remember there's this other kiss. She's at 
home, wondering where you are and what you're doing. And 
you work hard on this kiss and you know it inside out, it's
 as much yours as it is hers,And it took a long time to get
 right, it took months of practice and months of 
embarassment but now you've got it perfected and you've 
been looking forward to that kiss all week.

You can see her breath in the air between your faces as you

 stand in the leaves and she just asks you straight out if 
you want to come and stay at her flat. But you make sure 
you get separate taxis and you go home and there might be a
 slight regret and you might wonder what you missed but you
 have to remember the kiss you worked so hard on - and 
you'll know you've done the right thing.