Broad Street Lyrics

The sun that filled that room

The colour of the wheat

A picture window looked out

On life in Broad Street

Some summer night it rocked

In red and white and blue

I looked out at the village

The Queen waved too

Warm air smelled of ale

Sound of dancing feet

The joy that filled the air yeah

Of life in Broad Street

When Autumn came along

The darkness and the chill

I never thought of leaving

Just standing still

The guys were in the backyard

Each one in a seat

And carried to the hill to burn

Up from their feet

Pudding stones on bowling greens

A place to call our own

A countryside to wonder

Was this our home

Standing on the back seat playing away

Like a chariot through the lanes that day

Twenty B&H, five pounds of four star for

Cross country journeys way too far

In those white winter days

When snowdrifts grew higher

You'd find me in the shed chopping

Logs for the fire

Life could be so simple

Every day the same

Now it feels so distant

Century away

Glimpses of the future

A synth and laser beam

Means nothing lasts forever

Becomes a dream

Springtime brings the changes

It's just a case of when

A war began and I was left

Behind again

Another time was ended

The past is in retreat

I had to say goodbye now

Goodbye to Broad Street

I ran a race to finish

A last hurrah or so

Got to the end and told to get

In the car and go

Another time had ended

The past is in retreat

Time to say goodbye now

Goodbye to Broad Street