THIS IS A SONG ABOUT
THE GREATEST HEARTBREAK
I'VE EVER KNOWN
THIS SONG IS CALLED
NIGHTINGALE LANE
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 FLOATIN' NOW, MMM-MMM
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 IT
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 LOVIN' SOMEONE
THE WAY I LOVED YOU
IT WAS RIGHT THERE, EARLY JUNE
NEXT TO OLD PARK AVENUE
STANDIN' IN THE RAIN
I WATCHED HIM WALK AWAY
DA-DA, WOAH-WOAH
TOOK ME LONG, HARD YEARS
TO GET OVER YOU
IT WAS AN ACHIN'
I REFUSE TO FEEL AGAIN
AND LOOKIN' 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
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 LOVIN' SOMEONE
THE WAY I LOVED YOU
IT WAS RIGHT THERE IN JUNE
NEXT TO OLD PARK AVENUE
STANDIN' IN THE RAIN
I WATCHED HIM WALK AWAY
YEAH-YEAH-YEAH-YEAH...
YEAH-YEAH-YEAH, DA-DA-DA-DAY
I'VE
I'VE DABBLED IN LOVE SINCE
MAYBE EVERY OTHER SUMMER
IT NEVER LASTS LONG
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 A...GAIN.......
SOMEONE WILL
I KNOW
I KNOW IT, I KNOW IT
SOMEONE WILL LOVE ME
LIKE THE WAY YOU
LOVED ME ON NIGHTINGALE LANE