The corner shop the chemists
Another double-decker bus
The boys at the top of the steps
And the girls at Marble Arch
You, you watch as you pass
And it’s all the same as before
You know this story
You recognise the pavements
The vodka and the rubies
Stolen in a taxi
As you pass by you see again
Your silhouettes in this place
And in the background
You still hang around
And in the background
You know about transient loves
The loves that replace one another
You won’t have succeeded
In erasing this one
And the photo in your bag
The children in the hammock
Tonight you came back
You wanted to see the street again
See the dust of the square once more
Tonight the light of the evening
You wanted to see your life again
Even if life has flown
And in the background
You still hang around
And in the background