Joey puts her make-up on really well. She looks cool in the flashing lights. And all the boys gossip about the shape of her legs. On these muddled up and drunken nights. And if it's all got to end up between the sheets. She can coo like a virgin dove. But really she just doesn't want to be alone. And if you want you can call that love. M6 southbound roadside cafe on a wild wet and windy night. There's a kid in a sleeping bag huddled in a corner trying to beg a light. He's got mum and dad tattooed on his arm. From when he thought that that would make it alright. He's got hope and fear on his young boy's face. Another innocent taking flight saying. Chorus:. Give me some place that I can go. Where I don't have to justify myself. Swimming out alone against this tide. Looking for family looking for tribe. They said go get out we've got our own lives to lead. Now that water is thicker than blood. And every house is divided into single flats. With their very own little welcome rug. The shopping mall it is teeming with life. Fighting for the goodies on the shelf. But there's those funny old people on the escalators. Talking to themselves saying. Chorus:. Give me some place that I can go. Where I don't have to justify myself. Swimming out alone against this tide. Looking for family looking for tribe. Well I survive on my own for a while or so. Upon a whim or a bottle of wine. Just trying to make sense of these new surroundings. I only changed my name a couple of times. Please take me back Joey I'm really sorry. Can we try to make a happy home?. But she's gone with someone else and they're starting a family. Trying for a clan of their own so. Chorus:. Give me some place that I can go. Where I don't have to justify myself. Swimming out alone against this tide.