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
oh I feel so dark
rememberin'
Oh my 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
Ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh
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
till 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
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
Above the rain-soaked
Garden of Remembrance
Kittywakes 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
till 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
I people-watch
on the way back home
I people-watch
on the way back home
Ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh
Ooh-ooooh