Sovereign light café (video)

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1. I’m going back to a time when we owned this town,

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down Powdermill Lane and the Battlegrounds,

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we were friends and lovers and clueless clowns.

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2. I didn’t know I was finding out how I’d be torn from you,

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when we talked about things we were gonna do,

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we were wide-eyed dreamers and wiser, too.

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We’d go down to the rides on East Parade

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by the lights of the Palace Arcade,

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and watch night coming down on the Sovereign light café.

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3. I’m begging you for some sign, but you’ve still got nothing to say,

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don’t turn your back on me, don’t walk away,

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I’m a better man now than I was that day.

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We’d go down to the rides on East Parade

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by the lights of the Palace Arcade,

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and watch night coming down on the Sovereign light café.

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Let’s go down to the bandstand on the pier,

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watch the drunks and the lovers appear,

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to take turns as the stars of the Sovereign light café.

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+ I wheel my bike off the train, up the North Trade Road,

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and look for you in Marley Lane in every building, every street sign,

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oh, why did we ever go so far from home ?

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4. Well, you’ve got nothing to hide, you can’t change who you really are,

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you can get a big house and a faster car,

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you can run away, boy, but you won’t go far.

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We’d go down to the rides on East Parade

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by the lights of the Palace Arcade,

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and watch night coming down on the Sovereign light café.

C G

Let’s go down to the bandstand on the pier,

Em D

watch the drunks and the lovers appear,

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to take turns as the stars of the Sovereign light café.

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+ Sha-la-la-la-la-la-di-lay, yeah,

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I’m going where the people know my name.

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(orig. = capo 4th) (Keane)