I'm going back to the time when we owned this town In the part that we live, in the battlefields We were friends and lovers and clueless clowns
I didn't know what you thought of that night I was torn from you When we thought about things we were gonna do We were wide eyed dreamers and wiser too
Go down to the rides on east parade, by the lights of the palace arcade Watch night going down on the Sovereign Light Café
I'm begging you for some sign, but you've still nothing to say Oh I'm turning back home and I'm walking away I'm a better man now than I was that day
Go down to the rides on east parade, by the lights of the palace arcade Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café Go down to the bandstand on the pier Watch the drunks and the lovers appear Take time, just the stars and the Sovereign Light Café
I wheel my bike off the train, Up the North Trade Road, Look for you along the way In every building, every streetlight Oh why did we ever go so far from home? We keep on living there
Now no traces of who you are You can get a big house and a faster car You can run away boy, but you won't go far
Let's go down to the rides on east parade, by the lights of the palace arcade Watch night going down on the Sovereign Light Café Stroll down to the bandstand on the pier Watch the drunks and the lovers appear Take time, just the stars and the Sovereign Light Café