I'm going back to a time when we owned this town<br />Down Powdermill lane in the battlegrounds<br />We were friends and lovers and clueless clowns<br /><br />I didn't know I was finding out how I'd be torn from you<br />When we talked about things we were gonna do<br />We were wide-eyed dreamers and wiser too<br /><br />We'd go down to the rides on east parade,<br />By the lights of the palace arcade<br />And watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café<br /><br />I'm begging you for some sign,<br />But you've still got nothing to say<br />Don't turn your back on me, don't walk away<br />I'm a better man now than I was that day.<br /><br />Let's go down to the rides on east parade,<br />By the lights of the palace arcade<br />And watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café<br /><br />Let's go down to the bandstand on the pier<br />Watch the drunks and the lovers appear<br />To take turns as the stars of the Sovereign Light Café<br /><br />I wheel my bike off the train,<br />Up the North Trade Road,<br />And look for you on Marley Lane<br />In every building, in every street side<br />Oh, why did we ever go so far from home?<br /><br />Well, you got nothing to hide,<br />You can't change who you really are,<br />You can get a big house and a faster car<br />You can run away, boy, but you won't go far.<br /><br />Let's go down to the rides on east parade,<br />By the lights of the palace arcade<br />And watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café<br /><br />Let's go down to the bandstand on the pier<br />Watch the drunks and the lovers appear<br />To take turns as the stars of the Sovereign Light Café<br /><br />Sha la la la la la la la ay, yeah,<br />I'm going where the people know my name
