I people-watch on
the way back home
Envious of the
glimmer of hope
Gives me a break
from feeling alone
Gives me a moment
out of the ego
I used to feel
so invincible
I used to feel there was
a world worth dreamin'
of
Back in the Gasworks,
screamin' the song
Just the beauty of youth
would quell my aching
heart
I feel so dark
rememberin'
I people-watch on
the way back home
Everybody on the
treadmill, runnin'
Under the billboards,
out of the heat
Somebody's darling's
on the street tonight
Oh, I can't stop runnin'
I see the whole
town fall
I people-watch on
the way back home
I people-watch on
the way back home
I came back home
after seven years
Wide awake, tracing
tracks of her tears
Cornered the nurse
to get the gist of it
I promised her I'd get
her out of the care home
The place was
fallin' to bits
Understaffed and
overruled by callous
hands
The poor nurse was
around the clock
And the beauty of
youth had left my
breaking heart
But it wasn't hard
when you love someone
Oh, I stayed all night
'til you left this life
'cause that's just love
I people-watch on
the way back home
Everybody on the
treadmill, runnin'
Under the billboards,
out of the heat
Somebody's darling's
on the street tonight
Oh, I can't stop runnin'
I see the whole
town fall
I people-watch on
the way back home
I people-watch on
the way back home
Above the rain-soaked
Garden of Remembrance
Kittiwakes etched
your initials in the sky
Oh, I fear for this
crippled island and the
turmoil of the times
And I'll hold you in
my heart 'til the
day I die
Oh
I people-watch on
the way back home
Everybody on the
treadmill, runnin'
Under the billboards,
out of the heat
Somebody's darling's
on the street tonight
Oh, I can't stop runnin'
I see the whole
town fall
I people-watch on
the way back home
I people-watch on
the way back home
I people-watch on
the way back home
I people-watch on
the way back home