Lyrics

[Verse 1] Follow me way back in time To my post-war phantom empire Freezing and homeless In the cold winter night Hanging out in a Tubeway station With no place to go Full of dreams and illusions Waiting for the end of the night Then I saw your face all over the place A porn-supermarket ad, a strange attractor A moment I will never ever forget [Chorus] How could I know this was my flight to Venus? When I bought my underground ticket That night I waved good-bye to life With the European narcotic kings And their wives In simmering anticipation [Verse 2] She looked like the queen of babylon A girl of the underworld Soft skin on black silk Bathed in cold neon light An icon at the wall of a cathedral A b-girl rhapsody A date with disaster Between the devil and the deep blue Forbidden paradise when worlds collide In this city by night I was on a most fantastic journey [Chorus] How could I know this was my flight to Venus? When I bought my underground ticket That night I waved good-bye to life With the European narcotic kings And their wives In simmering anticipation [Verse 3] It's a glittering secret A magic spell The pale girls they know But they, they never will tell I wish we were movie stars Just you and me And Saturday night, Saturday night Became eternity How could I know this was my flight? How could I know this was my flight? How could I know this was my flight? [Chorus] How could I know this was my flight to Venus? When I bought my underground ticket That night I waved good-bye to life With the European narcotic kings And their wives In simmering anticipation