I see the dark lands
Unfold before me
The rain is thickening down
I see the city aflame with lights
Though all the streets
Are beset with shadow
I see a man
With a curtain in his eyes
A stone upon his heart
He is lost in the past
And I see a woman
She is alive
(But as usual with these things)
She fears for the future of her child
And I hear the freight trains rolling
On through the night
With their endless cargoes
For our endless desires
And I smash the cup
I turn the dial
On the long-wave radio
The music plays out
Some old fashioned song,
Some old fashioned song, of love...
So goodbye, to all of that,
Good bye my love,
To all of that...
Unfold before me
The rain is thickening down
I see the city aflame with lights
Though all the streets
Are beset with shadow
I see a man
With a curtain in his eyes
A stone upon his heart
He is lost in the past
And I see a woman
She is alive
(But as usual with these things)
She fears for the future of her child
And I hear the freight trains rolling
On through the night
With their endless cargoes
For our endless desires
And I smash the cup
I turn the dial
On the long-wave radio
The music plays out
Some old fashioned song,
Some old fashioned song, of love...
So goodbye, to all of that,
Good bye my love,
To all of that...