Yearning, we were yearning Green light blinding on the rail Burning, we were burning And the line unwinding to the Holy Grail To the future gleaming on the blue horizon And a golden girl on golden sand Dreaming, fantasising In another world for Metroland
I've danced in rain And I've been Django And I've got laid I've been a rolling stone I've been Verlaine And I've been Rimbaud Not afraid to walk alone And now I take, my midnight ramble Do I fold or play What's in my hand What's at stake and what's the gamble Do I stay in Metroland
Dreams, yesterday's laughter Ghosts and lovers come back to play But dreams have the morning after And run for cover In the light of day I've something real, worth holding on to I can belong to, and understand I've made my deal I will go on to Make my peace with Metroland