The Bear Quartet - Northern lyrics

I was back home When your mother asked my mother to ask me to drive I didn't go inside To hear her try explain Why your friends couldn't come why your sisters and brothers couldn't come Love is hard work look around There's a comforting smile so weak it could be mine I am at ease Between branches of trees Lights of little cities, little neighbourhoods and starlit little streets We're all strangers to begin she remembers when I used to let them in Love is hard work on your fears Have I made myself clear