Saw her in the morning the day the bells refused to chime
Asked her where she was going and how she spent her time
And after a while she looked at me saying… Come with me

There’s a woman in a window
Who sits watching all the world
In her hand she holds a cigarette
Its smoke slowly unfurls
She can hear the many voices telling stories of their lives
She sits and smiles, so knowingly
Sees truth through storied lies

Walk in my shoes
Live with my blues
Then you will feel the way I do
This is my life
Life is a game
These are the words she gave to me

I never took you down this road
I never promised you my soul
I never offered you a life of unbridled love
I always thought you understood

And were you standing there in the station on the platform
With the wind in your hair
Did you stand ever so still — hope against will that he’d come

Oh and great expectations, tomorrow is bright not a cloud in the sky
And this is the time — the time of our lives
Yes this is the time — the time of our lives

I only know how to be myself
I’ve tried so hard to change but no
I just cannot go on like this
All I say and feel, just gets dismissed

The skies spin and spiral now, they sing with the light of the afterglow
As the cosmic dust rains on us
It seems that our limited time’s unjust

I was strolling along in an old English town looking for nothing to do
I’d had a long day and just needed a break
To walk and maybe think of you

As I rounded a corner it seemed things had changed
The people looked different there too
The air seemed so cold and it felt kind of strange
The sky was a red not a blue

Trust in me
You will see
Come with me
You will see
Trust in me

Saw an old wooden shack just ahead on the square
With a figure who was waiting for me

Trust in me I’m always here, Trust in me my dear friend
Trust in me I’m always here — the devil on your shoulder
Trust in me

I watch you time on time
Looking for the way out
Looking for the door
It’s open all the time
I see your face
Watch you crying
I touch your tears
I scream my head inside —

But I show no emotion
I show no emotion
I show no emotion
I’m lying naked on the bed
I show no emotion
I show no emotion
That said

And if I were to live again
And if I were to choose again
I would never be in this position
Never live in these conditions
No, oh oh oh

So time will move on
A story over
Assignations may be gone but not forgotten
I see the road
I share its secrets
And they will echo
Forever in my soul

It’s night I’m alone on an old city street
In the cold, slightly damp, yet I feel so complete
There’s a sense in the air it exists nowhere else
Only here in my home town, its arms always open to me

It’s a Friday night I walk through the door
Stands in half light looking over artwork
If looks could cast to stone, she’s dressed to kill
So it’s a normal day — for her

Her hands are poised
Expressive fingers tapping on the rail
I’m sold and I want to stay

Take my hand
Watch me fly
The acronym around her throat
Shines brighter than the moon

See the girl
With the black All Saints tattoos

To the streets of Valletta there was nowhere better
She took with her a letter, took a plane the next day
In those long narrow streets not corrupted by time
She could merge with the history

We’ve waited years and years
The tenderness the years have shown
We’re standing side by side
Yet each of us alone
We’ve thrown it all away

Well I’d had a good day, I’d been talking with friends
In the sun as we lay getting a tan
And nothing much happened