Verse 1:
           B
I'm going back to a time when we owned this town
      E
Down Powder Mill Lane, in the battlegrounds
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We were friends and lovers and clueless clowns

Verse 2:
                      B
I didn't know I was finding out how I'd be torn from you
         E
When we talked about things we were gonna do
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We were wide eyed dreamers and wiser too

Chorus:
               E              B
Go down to the rides on East Parade,
        Abm                   Gb
By the lights of the Palace Arcade
                        E                     Abm   Gb
And watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

Verse 3:
                          B
I'm begging you for some sign, but you've still got nothing to say
        E
Don't turn your back on me, don't walk away
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I'm a better man now than I was that day

Chorus:
                      E              B
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        Abm                   Gb
By the lights of the Palace Arcade
                        E                     B      Gb
And watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café


                      E               B
Let's go down to the bandstand on the pier
           Abm                    Gb
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                       E                     B      Gb
To take turns as the stars of the Sovereign Light Café

Bridge:
   E        B           Gb
I wheel my bike off the train,
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Up the North Trade Road,
 E            B             Gb
And look for you on Marley Lane
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In every building, every streetsign
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Oh why did we ever go so far from home?

Verse 4:
                             B
Well, you've got nothing to hide, you can't change who you really are
         E
You can get a big house and a faster car
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You can run away boy, but you won't go far

Chorus:
                      E              B
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        Abm                   Gb
By the lights of the Palace Arcade
                        E                     B      Gb
And watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café


                      E                B
Let's go down to the bandstand on the pier
           Abm                    Gb
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                      E                      B      Gb
To take turns as the stars at the Sovereign Light Café
          E            B    Abm
Sha la la la la la de day  Yeah,
     Gb                      E       B   Gb
I'm going where the people know my name

Outro:
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