I'm going back to a time
when we owned this town
Down Powdermill 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'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'm going back to a time
when we owned this town
Down Powdermill 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'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
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 side
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
I'm going where the people
know my name
I'm going where the people know