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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 dreaming of Back of the gasworks screaming the song Just the beauty of youth would quell my aching heart Oh I feel so dark Remembering I people watch on the way back home Everybody on the treadmill running Under the billboards out of the heat Somebody's darling's on the street tonight I can't stop running 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 7 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 falling 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 I stayed all night Till you left this life Cos that's just love I people watch on the way back home Everybody on the treadmill running Under the billboards out of the heat Somebody's darling's on the street tonight I can't stop running 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 I fear for this crippled island And the turmoil of the times And I hold you in my heart till the day I die I people watch on the way back home Everybody on the treadmill running Under the billboards out of the heat Somebody's darling's on the street tonight I can't stop running I see the whole town fall I people watch on the way back home x 6