An officer and an english gentleman
Driving west to see who we are
A Kashmir coat
Just frowns and a smiling face
Well this is our home
Perhaps we're the same
Walking down the street again
With the sleeping bags under arms
And it feels like we're never going home
But you gave us more than we need my friend
And we're so happy
To be be at the door of an English gentleman
Yeah, an English gentleman
What mischief makes
Is confusion in a dreary man
But thats not your fault
You just understand That there are no lies
It's just the way we feel today
Well this is our home
perhaps we're the same
Now we're walking down the street again
With the sleeping bags and our friends
And it feels like we're never going home
But you gave us more than we needed friend
We were so happy
To be at the door of an English gentleman
Yeah, an English gentleman
But you gave us more than we needed friend
We were so happy
To be at the door of an English gentleman
An English gentleman
Yeah, an English gentleman
I fall asleep to the national anthem
To break the spell of a winter night
For there is too much I could dream of
So turn off the TV and the lights
Because there's something coming
round the bend
You could catch it on a tape cassette
It's no joke and it's no lie
It's salvation and it's coming fast
On Thursday morning we will raise the world
On Friday night we will pay the price
A Ford Capri and a telephone
On Saturday morning we will rule the world
All you need to start a bonfire
Is the story of a short and tragic life
And you could see it past the treetops
In the second hand daylight
Second hand daylight
Because there's something coming
round the bend
You could catch it on a tape cassette
It's no joke and it's no lie
It's salvation and it's coming fast
On Thursday morning we will raise the world
On Friday night we will pay the price
A Ford Capri and a telephone
On Saturday morning we will rule the world
On Thursday morning we will raise the world
On Friday night we will pay the price
A Ford Capri and a telephone
On Saturday morning we will rule the world
I can see all the things that used to be there,
So much I wish I was suspended in a different time.
The radio waves are creeping along the corridor,
At thirty-three a minute we'd better stay inside.
Run run, Romeo run,
Leave the demons behind.
Run run, Romeo run,
Leave the devils behind.
Run run, Romeo run,
This is your last stand.
Run run, Romeo run,
Leave the demons behind.
The blue I wear is not so beautiful anymore,
There's always something in my mind that I should've done.
The radio waves are creeping along the corridor,
At thirty-three a minute we'd better stay inside.
Run run, Romeo run,
Leave the demons behind.
Run run, Romeo run,
Leave the devils behind.
Run run, Romeo run,
This is your last stand.
Run run, Romeo run,
Leave the demons behind.
Run run, Romeo run,
Leave the demons behind.
Run run, Romeo run,
Leave the devils behind.
Run run, Romeo run,
This is your last stand.
Run run, Romeo run,
Leave the demons behind
You're falling through the night and giving in to bad dreams,
where nothing is as it seems.
There's still a long way to go.
And the fading glorious night,
never seems to bring you home.
You think that this is your road.
There's still a long way to go.
I can't give you an A to Z, there's some things I just can't show.
Just try to disbelieve your eyes;
For this I surely know - there's a long way to go.
Like laughing in the dark, to keep the dogs at bay;
No matter what you might see, there's still a long way to go.
Cold comfort in the dawn, the dawn that brings you round, a pale light that you found, there's still a long way to go.
I can't give you an A to Z, there's some things I just can't show.
Just try to disbelieve your eyes;
For this I surely know - there's a long way to go.
You're falling through the night and giving in to bad dreams, where nothing is as it seems.
The clocks are broken
And my hair is changing colour now
And nothing ever changes on the Great Western
But you'll have me believe
There's no water in the river
But the box kicks and the swallow dives
Always makes me feel alive
And when the rain falls down
It feels like a holiday
A holiday
And as we cross the bridge
We should stay
We should stay
Twenty years of leaving
And you never knew the reasons
Two hundered miles of sleepers
Taking you nearer
To decide what you love
And what you don't hate
And follow the new bypass to from
where you came
And when the rain falls down
It feels like a holiday
A holiday
And as we cross the bridge
We should stay
So men are still at war in this land
For certain songs and certain dates
The tender gave way to the firebrand
And Europe gave way to the States
So now that money's all but scentless
Noses and consciences are clear
The pointless flowers can be dispensed with
To see a friend in tears
So our defeats are just reminders
Of death that waits behind it all
The body wilts before the mind does
Surprised to see how soon it falls
It's true our women have deceived us
All hunted species disappear
It's true we've shot the golden eagles
To see a friend in tears
It's true our cities are exhausted
Made by and for the middle aged
Our weakness gave them more than force did
We thought that love could cure a toothache
And in the underground we're drowning
Accelerating through the years
You think you'll find the truth by frowning
To see a friend in tears
It's true our mirrors don't show heroes
We lack the courage to be Jews
Without the elegance of Africa
With our youthful fireworks all defused
And all these men who are our brothers
Wonder why we don't want to hear
How their worst enemies are their lovers
To see a friend in tears
The doorbell of your house still bears your name,
But you'll never come back to this place.
You were sitting on your steps yesterday again,
I guess it's just an old neighbourhood thing.
You don't have to pray, because he knows my name,
So just remind yourself to say hello to the Pope,
To say hello to the Pope.
You can swear all you like but you're still such a beautiful girl,
Especially when you walk through that door in your Sunday best.
So just one more cigarette and a vodka for you,
I'll even dance the old town music for you.
You don't have to pray, because he knows my name,
So just remind yourself to say hello to the Pope,
To say hello to the Pope.
You don't have to pray, because he knows my name,
So just remind yourself to say hello to the Pope,
To say hello to the Pope
We got directions but nowhere to go
So should we start to make our way back home
And forget the things we’ll never know
We got directions but nowhere to go
Should we follow the sunset or
Trust the stars and follow the road
Which way to Kyffin, we don’t know
We don’t know which way to go
We’ll paint ourselves a different life
We’ll paint ourselves a different life
We’ll paint ourselves a different life
The green and grey and red and white
The fading glow of this dark amber sky
He sits and prays for the light to die
To show the life hidden from our eyes
Where the sky is calling him
Where the light pours through his eyes
The sky hangs low and fakes its death
To share its memories one more time
We’ll paint ourselves a different life
We’ll paint ourselves a different life
We’ll paint ourselves a different life
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