This is a song about the greatest heartbreak I have ever known
This song is called Nightingale Lane
On a street in the South London suburbs
Where my first love kissed me goodbye
His lips were thin, and beer-stained and tear-stained
Was a pain that made me colder now
After the oceans I cried, I'm made of steel
Just floating now, mmm, mmm
But when I drive
Down this road
I reminisce
I drive slow
I've let him go now
Just see a ghost town
And sometimes
At red lights
With closed eyes
I tell myself
I dare myself
To go on, just say it
Somebody loved me once
And someday, somebody will again
Like the way you loved me
On Nightingale Lane
Although we never made it
Stranger, you showed me it's true
I'm capable of loving someone
The way I loved you
It was right there
Early June
Next to old Park Avenue
On Nightingale Lane
Standing in the rain
I watched him walk away
Took me long, hard years to get over you
It was an aching I refuse to feel again
And looking back now
We never were quite right for each other, baby
But in the absence of passion in my life
I remember how alive
Love once was and I sigh
But when I drive
Down this road
I reminisce
I drive slow
I've let him go now
Just see a ghost town
And sometimes
At red lights
With closed eyes
I tell myself, in fact I dare myself
To go on, just say It
Somebody loved me once
And someday, somebody will again
Like the way you loved me
On Nightingale Lane
And though we never made it
Stranger, you showed me it's true
I'm capable of loving someone
The way I loved you
It was right there
In June
Next to old Park Avenue
On Nightingale Lane
Standing in the rain
I watched him walk away
I've, I've dabbled in love since
Maybe every other summer
It never lasts long
They never stick around
I'm made of steel now
I believe someday
Someone will come along
And knock them walls down
And knock them walls down
When I drive
Down this road
I'm reminded though
I've let him go now
Right here in this ghost town
Right here on this ground is where
Someone once loved me
And someday, someone will again
Someone will
I know, I know it, I know it
Someone will love me
Like the way you loved me
On Nightingale Lane
This is a song about the greatest heartbreak I have ever known This song is called Nightingale Lane On a street in the South London suburbs Where my first love kissed me goodbye His lips were thin, and beer-stained and tear-stained Was a pain that made me colder now After the oceans I cried, I'm made of steel Just floating now, mmm, mmm But when I drive Down this road I reminisce I drive slow I've let him go now Just see a ghost town And sometimes At red lights With closed eyes I tell myself I dare myself To go on, just say it Somebody loved me once And someday, somebody will again Like the way you loved me On Nightingale Lane Although we never made it Stranger, you showed me it's true I'm capable of loving someone The way I loved you It was right there Early June Next to old Park Avenue On Nightingale Lane Standing in the rain I watched him walk away Took me long, hard years to get over you It was an aching I refuse to feel again And looking back now We never were quite right for each other, baby But in the absence of passion in my life I remember how alive Love once was and I sigh But when I drive Down this road I reminisce I drive slow I've let him go now Just see a ghost town And sometimes At red lights With closed eyes I tell myself, in fact I dare myself To go on, just say It Somebody loved me once And someday, somebody will again Like the way you loved me On Nightingale Lane And though we never made it Stranger, you showed me it's true I'm capable of loving someone The way I loved you It was right there In June Next to old Park Avenue On Nightingale Lane Standing in the rain I watched him walk away I've, I've dabbled in love since Maybe every other summer It never lasts long They never stick around I'm made of steel now I believe someday Someone will come along And knock them walls down And knock them walls down When I drive Down this road I'm reminded though I've let him go now Right here in this ghost town Right here on this ground is where Someone once loved me And someday, someone will again Someone will I know, I know it, I know it Someone will love me Like the way you loved me On Nightingale Lane