Prefab Sprout - Talking Scarlet lyrics

Carry no bright torches for me

You hide under the eiderdown all you
Can't sweep underneath the carpet
When you cover your neighbour's wife scalding
Marks appear you're talking scarlet
Kid yourself that it's platonic love

Best of friends - Eyes all smiling -
Watch them turn to iron filings

I will say late one evening
While moonstruck beside her
I'll break the bonds of friendship one
By one i'll tell her
I'm more than some friendly fellow
I will say "How ya doin?"
So casually she never suspects I'm harbouring
Thoughts of kissing her neck
I think my mouth's been drinking my
Basest thoughts do the thinking
You've no shame when Scarlet is
Your name trust in flames
When Scarlet is your name
Yes he's crying in his sleep
Yes he's thoroughly miserable for me
Losing his looks for me losing

Certain themes keep recurring
Boundaries start a blurring

I will say late one evening
While moonstruck beside her
I'll break the bonds of friendship one
By one i'll tell her
I'm more than some friendly fellow
I will say "How ya doin?"
So casually she never suspects I'm harbouring
Thoughts of kissing her neck
I think my mouth's been drinking my
Basest thoughts do the thinking
Oh my God someone tell her -
I know she's a star, celestial feast
In the zoo of my heart she
Is thrown to the beast, tell her
The mouse here beside her won't
Always be denied her
I've no shame, Scarlet is my name
Trust in flames scarlet is my name

Carry no bright torches for me