Late Night, Maudlin Street

[Intro]
Winter coming
Winter push on
Oh, winter push on
Winter is so long
Winter moves on

[Chorus 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 1]
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

[Chorus 2]
As we spent the last night on Maudlin Street
"Goodbye house, forever!"
I never stole a happy hour around here

[Verse 2]
Where the world's ugliest boy
Became what you see
Here I am, the ugliest man

[Chorus 3]
The last night on Maudlin Street
And truly I do love you
Oh, truly I do love you

[Verse 3]
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

[Chorus 4]
And I know I took strange pills
But I never meant to hurt you
Oh, truly I love you

[Verse 4]
I came home late one night
Everyone had gone to bed
Nobody stays up for you
I had sixteen stitches all around my head

[Chorus 5]
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 5]
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

[Bridge]
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 6]
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

[Chorus 6]
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?

[Chorus 7]
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
And truly I do love you, wherever you are, wherever you are