I'm going back to a time when we owned this town
Down Powder 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 Café


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 Café
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 Café

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 Café
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 Café

Yeah, I'm going where the people know my name