Winter push on
oh winter push on
winter move on
The last night on Maudlin Street
goodbye house
goodbye stairs
I was born here
and I was raised here, and
...I took some stick here
love at first sight
may sound trite
but it's true, you know
I could list the detail
of everything you ever wore
or said, or how you stood the day
as we spend the last night
on Maudlin Street
"goodbye house-forever!"
I never stole a happy hour
around here
Where the world's ugliest boy
became what you see
here I am — the ugliest man
Oh the last night on Maudlin Street
truly I do love you
oh truly I love you
When I sleep with that picture of
you framed beside my bed
oh, it's childish and it's silly
but I think it's you in my room
by the bed (...yes, I told you it was silly...)
and I know
I took strange pills
but I never meant to hurt you
oh truly I love you
I came home late one night
everyone had gone to bed
But you know
no one stays up for you
I had sixteen stitches
all around my head
oh the last bus I missed to Maudlin Street
so, he drove me home in the Van
complaining: "Women only like me for my mind..."
don't leave your torch behind
a power-cut ahead
1972, you know
and so we crept through the park
no I cannot steal a pair of jeans
off a clothesline for you
but you... without clothes
oh I could not keep a straight face
me — without clothes?
well a nation turns its back and gags...
I'm packed
I am moving house
a half-life disappears today
with every hag waves me on
(secretly wishing me gone
well, I will be soon
oh - I will be soon)
I will be soon...
There were bad times on Maudlin Street
when they took you away in a police car
dear Inspector — don't you know?
don't you care?
don't you know — about Love?
Your gran died
and your mother died
on Maudlin Street
in pain and ashamed
with never time to say
those special things
I took the key from Maudlin Street
well, it's only bricks and mortar!
oh truly I love you
wherever you are
wherever you are
wherever you are
I hope you're singing now
well, I do...
I hope you're singing now
