He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
Your street is littered with houses, of people that|You've never met|Names that you would thought you'd remember|But knew you'd always forget|Memories stripped from the past|The questions that never got asked|Like a broken down car in an old parking lot|Means nothing at all but it's that you got|And the moment is slippin' away|The answers you give aren't that great|It's like all the you do it's just old and they're new|And they're lost||[Piping solo]||All of your mistresses lied|To save your relationships, save you from time|When you slip into knowing that nothing is going to|Kill you faster than life|In the end you're just moments away|From the chances you thought you might take|It's like all that you do is just old and then new and|Then lost|And the words that you tried hard to say get caught in||The noose that you make|It's like all that you do is just old and then new and|Then lost||In the end you're just moments away from the chances|You thought you might take|It's like all that you do is just old and then new and|Then lost (x3)||[Guitar solo]||( all that you are is not, all that you do's forgot,|Hold on to what you got (x2)||In the end you're just moments away from the chances|You thought you might take|It's like all that you do is just old and then new and|Then lost|Your street is littered with houses of people that|You've never met|Names that you thought you'd remember|But knew that you'd always forget|All that you are is not, all that you was forgot hold|On to what you got (x3)|Hold on to what you got (x4)|
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The streets are littered with thousands, of people that you've never met, names that you thought you'd remember, knew you'd always forget, memories stripped from the past, the questions that never got asked, like a broken down car in an old parking lot, means nothing at all but it's that you got, and the moment is slippin' away, the answers you give aren't that great, it's like all the you do it's just old and they're new and they're lost
[piping solo]
All of your mistresses lied, to save your relationships save you from time when you slip into knowing that nothing is going to kill you faster than life, in the end you're just moments away from the chances you thought you might take, it's like all that you do it just old and they're new and they're lost
and the words that you tried hard to say, get caught in the noose that you made it's like all that you do is just old and they're new and they're lost
In the end you're just moments away, from the chances you thought you might take, it's like all that you do is just old and they're new and they're lost
just old and they're new and they're lost just old and they're new and they're lost
[guitar solo]
All that you are is not all that you forgot hold on to what you got, All that you are is not all that you forgot hold on to what you got in the end you're just moments, away from the chances you thought you might take it's like that all you do is just old and they're new and they're lost
the street is littered with thousands of people that you've never met names that you thought you'd remember knew that you'd always forget
All that you are is not All that you was forgot Hold on to what you got
All that you are is not All that you was forgot Hold on to what you got
All that you are is not All that you was forgot Hold on to what you got
Hold on to what you got Hold on to what you got Hold on to what you got Hold on to what you got