Escape Route Frightened Rabbit

[Verse 1]
His first kicking came on January 1st
They said, “Welcome to the club
We’ll take your shoes and your shirt.”
He wore his nosebleed like a red rosette
And it was a prize he would win again and again and again
He had to find an escape route

It was a rumour, but it soon became true
When he was drunk in the suburbs
With a boy from a different school
All his good friends soon left him for dead
Now he stands staring down at the Clyde from a bridge

[Chorus]
And then he saw an escape route
From the dogs of West Renfrew
From the bitches and bruises
He chose Ohio to run to

[Verse 2]
The name came to him just as he perched
On the amber lit bridge, his whole face pursed
It had a ring to it in American songs
Like a glittering release from a crippling curse
He dreamt of the place of a cinematic space
And all the pointing fingers they just melted away
Who knows, maybe he’ll never take flight
But he swears Ohio pulled him from the bridge that night