Broad Street

The sun that filled that room The colour of the wheat A picture window looked out On life in Broad Street Some summer night it rocked In red and white and blue I looked out at the village The Queen waved too Warm air smelled of ale Sound of dancing feet The joy that filled the air yeah Of life in Broad Street When Autumn came along The darkness and the chill I never thought of leaving Just standing still The guys were in the backyard Each one in a seat And carried to the hill to burn Up from their feet Pudding stones on bowling greens A place to call our own A countryside to wonder Was this our home Standing on the back seat playing away Like a chariot through the lanes that day Twenty B&H, five pounds of four star for Cross country journeys way too far In those white winter days When snowdrifts grew higher You'd find me in the shed chopping Logs for the fire Life could be so simple Every day the same Now it feels so distant Century away Glimpses of the future A synth and laser beam Means nothing lasts forever Becomes a dream Springtime brings the changes It's just a case of when A war began and I was left Behind again Another time was ended The past is in retreat I had to say goodbye now Goodbye to Broad Street I ran a race to finish A last hurrah or so Got to the end and told to get In the car and go Another time had ended The past is in retreat Time to say goodbye now Goodbye to Broad Street