i’m standing on the quay / but you ain’t running away / on any other day / i’d see it coming to stay / the waves beneath my feet don’t sleep / the ship it sinks it’s sprung a leak / we’re leaving / i’m waiting for my train / but it ain’t coming / not today / try but they abstain / for three days running / from all of this and all of that / the kids along the street compete / concrete beneath my feet so sweet / believe it / throw candy in the streets / and hope they eat / singing foreign anthems / they’ve been handed / to be abandoned / we head up to the lake / we’re on the make / we’ll lay the bait / they’ll take or leave it
