Dude Like Him

Just round the corner from a school that I used to attend
I fell for a beauty queen but she’s in love with other men
Is your next door neighbour gonna save ya’
Stay out late no midnight flavours
Go to bed bring back the sleep
I think he’s the same child he is
So I crack my window open babe
So I can here you dre-e-amin’

Well I sneak out of my bedroom when everyone else is asleep
Well I see cats and I see dogs, and strangers hangin’ on my street
Well they’re creepin’, sneakin’, always peakin’
TV dinners and fast-food weekends
White flash in sub-urban skies
Kiss your lips and morn your eyes
The sun is shining on my face
I’ve got burger sauce on my shoe la-a-ace

Where you been, sweet Madeleine
Where you been, sweet Madeleine
What would a girl like you, want with a dude like him?

I swear to God I spend my whole life, wasting time on toilet seats
Hanging out on dorm room beds with my belly to the ceilin’
Come on baby, won’t you save me?
You can kiss me quick I think I’m fadin’
I taste blood down in my throat ‘cause I’ve been singing all the hardest notes
From all the girls and all the boys, waiting for the latest no-oi-oise

When I was young, and I had fun, and everythin’ was beautiful
When ups and downs, and ins and outs
Meant nothin’ baby, no nothin’ baby, nothin’ at all

Where you been? Sweet Madeleine
(When I was young and I had fun)
What would a girl like you, want with a dude like him?
(When I was young and I had fun)
Oh, where you been? Sweet Madeleine
(When I was young and I had fun)
What would a girl like you, want with a dude like him?

Don’t waste all your time with me, ‘cause I am on a losing streak