sovereign light cafe

i'm going back to a time when we owned this town

down powdermill lane and the battle grounds

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'd 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

to take turns as the stars of the sovereign light cafe

i wheel my bike off the train

up the north trade road. and look for you on marley lane

in every building

in every street sign

oh

why did we ever go

so far from home?

well

you 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

to take turns as the stars of the sovereign light cafe

sha la la la la la la dee lay

yeah

i'm going where the people know my name