Lyrics

[Intro] (Winter coming) Winter push on (push) Oh, winter push on (push, push) (Winter is so long) Winter moves on [Verse 1] 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 [Verse 2] 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 spent the last night on Maudlin Street "Goodbye house, forever!" I never stole a happy hour around here [Verse 3] Where the world's ugliest boy Became what you see Here I am, the ugliest man Oh-oh-oh, the last night on Maudlin Street Truly I do love you Oh, truly I do love you [Verse 4] 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, oh-uh, truly I love you [Verse 5] 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" [Verse 6] Don't leave your torch behind, a power cut ahead 1972, you know And so we crept through the park But 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 [Verse 7] I am moving house, a half-life disappears today Every hag waves me on, secretly wishing me gone Well, I will be soon Oh I will be soon I will be soon I will be soon [Bridge] Will be soon, I will be soon Mmm, mmm, I will be soon, I will be soon [Verse 8] There were bad times on Maudlin Street They took you away in a police car Dear Inspector, don't you know, don't you care? Don't you know about love? [Verse 9] 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 keys from Maudlin Street, well, it's only bricks and mortar Oh, oh, truly I do love you, wherever you are, wherever you are Wherever you are, I hope you're singing now Oh, I do hope, that I hope you're singing now