The Dream Academy

The salvation army band played.
And the children drank lemonade.
And the morning lasted all day, all day.
And through an open window came,
like Sinatra in a younger day.
Pushing the town away...
...Life in a Northern town.

He sat on a stony ground.
And he took a cigar out.
And everyone else came down to listen.
He said in Winter 1963
Everyone thought the world would freeze,
With John F. Kennedy and the Beatles.
...Life in a northern town.
All of the world struck down.

In the evening we'd talk too late. .
Watch the water run down the drain.
As we followed him down to the station xtion.
And though he never rode away goodbye e
You could see it written in his eye,
As the train rolled out of sight, bye bye. .

Life in a northern town..

Look out your window any day
From June to September the love parade's
Out on the street where you live and you know
It's just a matter of time before it takes over

They've been married for so many years
Now a young love seranade blows sweet nothing in her ear
They're lonely together, when they're not apart
It feels like she's holding on to someone else in the dark.

Oh the love parade is on
Even against all odds
It'll go on forever
The love parade
Only matinee shows
The love parade.

But if he could put himself into a different skin
He'd be worrying about what he's let himself in for
Hanging in the air apparent
A point of view almost transparent

So you sold your soul for a pocket full of sweet talk
Forget-me-not kisses at the end of a slow walk
And when it's done you put your world back on
'Cause she's otherwise engaged married to someone

Oh the love parade goes on
Even when you're gone
It'll go on forever
The love parade
Only matinee shows
The love parade.

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Written By LAIRD-CLOWES, NICK/GABRIEL, GILBERT
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It was the time of year just after the summer's gone
When August and September just become memories of songs
To be put away with the summer clothes
And packed up in the attic for another year
We had decided to stay on for a few weeks more
Although the season was over now the days were still warm
And seemed reluctant to five up and hand over to winter for another year

Indian, Indian summer
Her parents had rented a house on the shore
'Though I stared at her all summer we never really talked
In the end, at the summer's end
I wish we could turn it around and start it again
She shared a house with her sister and mother
It belonged to a painter who rented out for the summer
Her father had already gone home
The days were quiet and we were both alone
Intensified by the lack of competition
We walked along the ocean and put off decisions
To keep us from saying goodbye

Indian, Indian summer
In the distance the city lights flickered in the bay
But any previous existence seemed a world away
In the end, at the summer's end
I wish we could turn around and start it again
Indian, Indian summer
Away from the magic could it ever be the same
I think I knew those days would never come again.

Richard's on the street with all the lonely poeple
Trying to get a job and getting nowhere
So now this is what he got
A new kind of dedication
He doesen't feel lost
He walks into the station

And Richard takes a train to go uptown
You know he's gonna find a place where the money just walks around
And with the grace of a wildcat
He steals a bag without detection
Walks on tiptoes right back
To make the right connection.

And when he leaves this world
Well then he won't feel alone
Now the fighting has all gone.
No more just trying to hold on
To the dreams of this world
Where he never quite belonged.

Belinda meets a friend at a pub called 'The Gun'
It's full of lots of lonely people all out trying to have some fun.
She says, "I'll be right back"
Although you know it's only ten to one
Her eyes are just like a wild cat
And where's the summer gone.

She's been working on the ships for easy money
It's a bigger kind of tip and that may be because
You run a bigger kind of risk
She's got the dedication written in a kiss
In the promise of intoxicated bliss.

She's misunderstood for all the lonely people
Living in the world and getting nowhere,
Something always just goes wrong.
Why should they try to hold on
To the dreams of this world
Where they never quite belonged.

Gina says she's gonna stop,
Settle down, you know, give it all up,
But it's so hard to give it up
When all your friends say they just can't
Stop. Stop.

They beat up a girl on the Ford Estate with a baseball bat
Last night the vigilante city fathers tried to get their daughters back.
They didn't understand
A different kind of smack was needed
Than the back of the hand
Yeah, something else was always needed.

This is for all the misunderstood lonely people
Living in the world and getting nowhere
Something always just goes wrong.
Why should they try to hold on
To the dreams of this world
Where they never quite belonged?
Where they never quite belonged.

Hampstead girl on Parliament Hill
Drinks in the situation
Hamstead brown not dressed to kill
In a thousand variations
And her blue eyes
See those dark shadows in the sky
And her choir like voice
Cries for Love
And you'd do anything you could
Just to bring back the smile to her face
Take all the blue out of her eyes
And fill up the empty space
With love and affection
Take all the grey out of this town
Give your protection
If she'd just turn 'round
Outside she smiles at the people
But inside she cries
Inside
hampstead girl in the Vale of Health
With a hundred imitation
Hears the magic in the church bells
But still longs for invitations
And you'd like to take her with you
But the time is never right
And so you lose her
When you go back down to the other side of town.