Nightingale Lane. (Live at Abbey Road Studios)

Lyrics

This is a song about the greatest heartbreak I have ever known This song is called "Nightingale Lane" [Verse 1] On a street in the South London suburbs Where my first love kissed me goodbye His lips were thin and beer-stained and tear-stained Was a pain that made me colder now After the oceans I cried, I'm made of steel Just floating now, uh-uh [Pre-Chorus] But when I drive down this road I reminisce (Lose my mind), I drive slow I've let him go now (I, I, I), just see a ghost town And sometimes at red lights with closed eyes I tell myself, I dare myself To go on, just say [Chorus] Somebody loved me once (Loved me once) And someday, somebody will again Like the way you loved me On Nightingale Lane (Nightingale Lane, Nightingale Lane) Although we never made it Stranger, you showed me it's true I'm capable of loving someone the way I loved you It was right there, in June Next to Old Park Avenue (On Nightingale Lane) Standing in the rain, I watched him walk away Hey-ayy [Verse 2] Took me long, hard years to get over you It was an aching I refuse to feel again And looking back now We never were quite right for each other, baby But in the absence of passion in my life I remember how alive love once was [Pre-Chorus] And I sigh when I drive, when I drive (When I drive) (Down this road) Down this road I reminisce, I drive slow I've let him go now, I just see a ghost town And sometimes at red lights with closed eyes I tell myself, in fact, I dare myself To go on, just say it [Chorus] Somebody loved me once (Loved me once) Someday, somebody will again Like the way you loved me On Nightingale Lane (Nightingale Lane, Nightingale Lane) And though we never made it Stranger, you showed me it's true I'm capable of loving someone the way I loved you It was right there, early June Next to Old Park Avenue (On Nightingale Lane) Standing in the rain, I watched him walk away [Bridge] Yeah-yeah-yeah, ayy, yeah-yeah, da-da-da-ayy I've dabbled in love since Maybe every other summer It never lasts long They never stick around I'm made of steel now I believe someday, someone gon' come along And knock them walls down (Down) And knock them walls down (Down) [Outro] When I drive down this road (Road) I'm reminded, though I've let him go now Right here in this ghost town Right here on this ground is where Someone once loved me And someday, someone will again Yeah, yeah, baby Someone will Come and fall for me, yeah I know, I know it, I know it Someone will love me Like the way you loved me On Nightingale Lane