Yearning, we were yearning Green like blinding on the rail Burning, we were burning And a line unwinding to the Holy Grail To the future gleaming on the blue horizon And a golden girl on golden sand Dreaming, fantasizing In another world for Metroland I've danced in rain And I've been Django And I've got laid I've been a rolling stone I've been Verlaine And I've been Rimbaud Not afraid to walk alone And now I take, my midnight ramble Do I fold or play What's in my hand What's at stake, what's the gamble Do I stay in Metroland
Dreams, yesterday's laughter Ghosts and lovers come back to play But dreams have a morning after And run for cover In the light of day I got something real, worth holding onto I can belong to, and understand I've made my deal I will go onto Make my peace with Metroland, with Metroland Metroland, Metroland, Metroland
