You know I wish I was back in Paris, mate That was the last time I was really happy Walking the streets from morning 'till night In Gare de l'Est station drinking coffee Watching soldiers duck behind pillars to kiss The pigeons looking for what the lowlifes might have missed
I waited for The morning train The morning train
From Paris to Charlesville-Mezieres 200 miles north of here, through the winter Ardennes The fields have turned brown earth and frozen farmlands That you crossed on foot sixteen years old Sixteen years old, Just trying to, just trying to poke a hole in the world
And it seems a long way, It seems, seems such a long way It seems a long way, Seems, seems such a long way. And I promise to be good I, I, I promise to be good And it seems a long way, But not, not such a long way It seems a long way, But not, not such a long way
A nineteen year old boy arrives in London, Waterloo What does he find? He finds a beautiful, empty building and a big sky in mind
You know, when I was fourteen years old I slept with a boy who was 21 And out of the clear blue sky the other day I ran into a mutual friend who told me he's dead and gone Strange to think Strange to think he's dead and gone and I'm still here In London, dreaming of Paris and Charleville-Mezieres The town where you were born, raised, ran away from To Paris, to Belgium, to London, across Europe on foot, Alexandria, into Africa, Almost gone, almost out, Almost gone, almost out
Do you ever get the urge to just run, And get gone, gone? Do you ever get the urge to just run, Run, get gone, gone? And a lot of things get abandoned along the way, don't they A lot of things get abandoned along the way, don't they Do you ever get the urge to just run, run, And get gone, gone? Do you ever get the urge to just run, Run, get gone, gone?
Oh, what's a bunny rabbit do? Hop! What does an axe do? Chop! What d'you do when you see a green light?
Someone told me it was all happening in France Je parle Francais, pas de chance Well, excuse my French but here's a story that'll make you laugh I took a girl - I took a boy - I took a girl - I took a boy - I took a girl back the night before last Did you give her your number? Ha! I didn't even give her my name
But when she came - When he ca- When she ca- When he ca- Oh, he was a pretty little thing He had blonde hair over his ears I was hiding in the meth room When the light burst through the window It shattered on the mirror And that's when it all happened One minute I'm here, the next I disap- But when he, when he came- When he ca- When she ca- When, when he came When he came, when he came, when he, when he finally came When he came, when he came, when he, when he finally came And I promise to be good And a lot of things get abandoned along the way, don't they When he came, when he came, when he finally came When he came, when he came, when he finally came When he finally came, He came all over me! All over me!
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The Sacred Heart is up on the hill tonight The Sacred Heart is up on the hill tonight
It's raining tonight in Newcross Coming down from the dirty purple skies behind the clocks of King's Cross These streets are on wheels They turn like the workings of clocks It's cold in Euston. I wish it was not I wish I was somewhere I was hot And I see that photograph of you in Africa And it's a grainy picture, but there is a figure in the centre But th