On a street in the
South London suburbs
Where my first love
kissed me goodbye
His lips were thin
and beer-stained
and tear-stained
Was a pain that
made me colder now
After the oceans I cried,
I'm made of steel
Just floating now,
mm-mm
But when
I drive down this road
I reminisce,
I drive slow
I've let him go now,
just see a ghost town
And sometimes
at red lights
I tell myself,
I dare myself
To go on, just say
Somebody
loved me once
And someday,
somebody will again
Like the way
you loved me
On Nightingale Lane
Although
we never made it
Stranger, you
showed me it's true
I'm capable of loving
someone the way
I loved you
It was right there,
early June
Next to Old Park Avenue
Standing in the rain,
I watched him
walk away
Da-da, woah-woah
Took me long,
hard years to
get over you
It was an aching
I refuse to feel again
And looking back now
We never were quite
right for each other,
baby
But in the absence
of passion in my life
I remember how
alive love once was
And I sigh when I drive
Down this road, yeah
I reminisce,
I drive slow
I've let him go now,
just see a ghost town
And sometimes
at red lights
I tell myself, in fact,
I dare myself
To go on, just say it
Somebody
loved me once
Someday, somebody
will again
Like the way
you loved me
On Nightingale Lane
And though
we never made it
Stranger, you showed
me it's true
I'm capable of loving
someone the way
I loved you
It was right
there, in June
Next to Old Park Avenue
Standing in the rain,
I watched him
walk away
Yeah-yeah-yeah, ayy,
yeah-yeah, da-da-da-ayy
I've, I've dabbled
in love since
Maybe every
other summer
They never stick around
I'm made of steel now
I believe someday,
someone gon'
come along
And knock them
walls down
And knock them
walls down
When I drive
down this road
I'm reminded, though
I've let him go now
Right here in
this ghost town
Right here on this
ground is where
Someone once loved me
And someday,
someone will again
Someone will
I know, I know it,
I know it
Someone will love me
Like the way you
loved me
On Nightingale Lane