i see you rehearsing just how it's going to be,
when you leave this bungalow town,
where all the houses have names.

i see the factory line shrinking your mind,
driving ambition away.
lost under cheques and direct debits it decays.

oh you're just buying time, i know i am doing the same.
when all the money's gone what are we gonna do?

leave a light a on,
i'll be there before midnight.
leave a light on,
we'll be there before the party's over.

when i called around your house, your father said you were out.
the black cars had taken you far,
taken you away from me.

delusions of grandeur? let's just draw the line here, you take the east, i'll have the west.
i've been forfeited love, so bloody give me the rest.
i want it all and nothing less.

you think i'm buying time? no i'm biding time you see.
but when all the money's gone what am i gonna do?

don't bring the car around just yet mother.
no please don't bother.
don't bring the car around just yet mother.
no please don't bother.