Sovereign Light Cafe (Recording)

I'm going back to a time when we owned this town
Down Padder Mill Lane, in the battlegrounds
We were friends and lovers and clueless clowns
I didn't know I was finding out how I'd be torn from you
When we talked about things we were gonna do
We were wide eyed dreamers and wiser too
We go down to the rides on East Parade
by the lights of the palace arcade
and watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Cafe
I'm begging you for some sign but you've still got nothing to say
Don't turn your back on me, don't walk away
I'm a better man now than I was that day
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
and watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Cafe
Let's go down to the bandstand on the pier
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
Take turns, just the stars and the Sovereign Light Cafe
I wheel my bike off the train
off the North Trade Road
and look for you on Marley Lane
in every building, every streetside
Oh, why did we ever go so far from home
When you've got nothing to hide
You can't change who you really are
You can get a big house and a faster car
You can run away, boy, but you won't go far
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
and watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Cafe
Let's go down to the bandstand on the pier
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
Take turns, just the stars and the Sovereign Light Cafe
Yeah, I'm going where the people know my name