Knee Socks

You got the lights on in the afternoon

And the nights are drawn out long

And you're kissing to cut through the gloom

With a cough drop coloured tongue

And you were sitting in the corner with the coats all piled high

And I thought you might be mine

In a small world on an exceptionally rainy Tuesday night

In the right place and time

When the zeros line up on the 24-hour clock

When you know who's calling even though the number is blocked

When you walked around your house wearing my sky blue Lacoste

And your knee socks

Well, you cured my January blues

Yeah, you made it all alright

I got a feeling I might have lit the very fuse

That you were trying not to light

You were the stranger in my phonebook I was acting like I knew

'Cause I had nothing to lose

When the winter's in full swing and your dreams just aren't coming true

Ain't it funny what you'll do?

When the zeros line up on the 24-hour clock

When you know who's calling even though the number is blocked

When you walked around your house wearing my sky blue Lacoste

And your knee socks

The late afternoon, the ghost in your room

That you always thought didn't approve of your knocking boots

Never stopped you letting me get hold of the sweet spot

By the scruff of your knee socks

You and me could have been a team

Each had a half of a king and queen seat

Like the beginning of Mean Streets

You could be my baby (Be my baby)

You and me could have been a team

Each had a half of a king and queen seat

Like the beginning of Mean Streets

You could be my baby (Be my baby)

All the zeros lined up

You and me could have been a team

Each had a half of a king and queen seat

Like the beginning of Mean Streets

You could be my baby (Be my baby)

But the number's blocked

You and me could have been a team

Each had a half of a king and queen seat

When you've come undone

Like the beginning of Mean Streets

You could be my baby (Be my baby)

When the zeros line up on the 24-hour clock

All the zeros lined up

When you know who's calling even though the number is blocked

When you walked around your house wearing my sky blue Lacoste

But the number's blocked

And your knee socks

When you've come undone

When the zeros line up on the 24-hour clock

All the zeros lined up

When you know who's calling even though the number is blocked

When you walked around your house wearing my sky blue Lacoste

And your knee socks

Knee socks

Knee socks