The Lucksmiths - To Absent Votes lyrics

They're packing up the polling booths And pulling down the post-its As the suns sets on the primary school And the streetlights flicker on Across the town your mother left behind At a bittersweet sixteen You're trying to convince me That the government is gone And you're not one for anecdotes But remember our delight As we drank to absent votes At the chance that you were right It was a disappointing sunset Only 'cause my hopes were much too high We took some beers down to the landlocked jetty And looked across the lake At the detritus of election night In a town without a traffic light Curling at the edges Like a pre-loved paper bag And you're not one for anecdotes But remember our delight And we drank to absent votes It was just a perfect night Then a solitary sail The softness of the light The moon a fingernail The chance that you were right