Staring down from this high window
At the faces in the line
Cold from hours of waiting
How many people can you love?
When you're black and blue with bruises
From collisions on the road
The friction grind of traveling
This is the never ending show
All over the world in eighty days
Head in a blur of information
What kind of a man could live this way
I do what I can
I do okay
But right now
All I want to do
Is get real
If that's all right with you
Woke up last night under the mountains
Driving from Zurich to Milan
I lay there listening to the echoes
Thinking of Iceland and Japan
So many smiles, so many faces
And my home so far away
I lose some of me in all these places
And I can't help the way I'm changed
All over the world in eighty days
Memories turn like magazine pages
What kind of a man could live this way
I do what I can
But I can't escape it
Right now
All I want to do
Is get real
If that's all right with you
Right now
All I want to do
Somehow
Be myself with you
All over the world in eighty days
Alcohol haze of information
What kind of a man could live this way
As long as I have
And stay the same
Right now
All I want to do
Is get real
If that's all right with you
Right now
All I want to do
Get real
If that's all right with you
For just one night with you
If that's all right with you
Get real
Get real right now
Somehow
At the faces in the line
Cold from hours of waiting
How many people can you love?
When you're black and blue with bruises
From collisions on the road
The friction grind of traveling
This is the never ending show
Head in a blur of information
What kind of a man could live this way
I do what I can
I do okay
All I want to do
Is get real
If that's all right with you
Driving from Zurich to Milan
I lay there listening to the echoes
Thinking of Iceland and Japan
So many smiles, so many faces
And my home so far away
I lose some of me in all these places
And I can't help the way I'm changed
Memories turn like magazine pages
What kind of a man could live this way
I do what I can
But I can't escape it
All I want to do
Is get real
If that's all right with you
Right now
All I want to do
Somehow
Be myself with you
Alcohol haze of information
What kind of a man could live this way
As long as I have
And stay the same
All I want to do
Is get real
If that's all right with you
Right now
All I want to do
Get real
If that's all right with you
For just one night with you
If that's all right with you
Get real right now
Somehow
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Actually, h stated at the convention, that he wrote the song as a tribute to the fans, hence the first verse...But overall, the song seems to be mostly about what it is like to be in a traveling band, makes sense...
Cant stand Pop Rock... too bad Marillion made a lot of these songs lately. Anyway.. its a fun catchy tune that may appeal to most people. Its very clear that its about the book "Around the World in 80 Days".