Keep the Books

There’s a cupboard in the corner no-one’s opened for years

We got shelves full of ornaments and souvenirs

Boxes full of papers that record our affairs

And no-one knows what’s under the sink

We’ve got chopping boards and paper plates and kilner jars

Decorative vases from near and far

Enough drinking glasses to open a bar

Our friends don’t know what to think

The time has come to empty all the crannies and nooks

We’ve got a shed full of dibbers and hoses and hooks

Going to the council dump

But we can keep the books

We’ve got boxes full of cables that will never connect

DVI and VGA and Ethernet

Computers that have fallen into disrespect

Alexa’s on the shelf for good

It may surprise you but I tell you no lie

One day you’ll look up and look me in the eye

I will still be here and that’s something you don’t read in a book

Board games and bicycle pumps

Rusty nails and cricket stumps

Going to the council dump

But we can keep the books