Winter coming
winter push on
(push on)
oh, winter push on
Winter is so long
winter moves on

the last night on maudlin street
goodbye house, goodbye stairs
i was born here
and i was raised here, and
...i took some stick here

love at first sight
it may sound trite
but it's true, you know
i could list the detail
of everything you ever wore or said
or how you stood the day
as we spent the last night
on maudlin street
"goodbye house, forever!"
i never stole a happy hour
around here

where the world's ugliest boy
became what you see
here i am - the ugliest man
oh, the last night on maudlin street
truly i do love you
oh, truly i do love you

when i sleep
with that picture of you framed beside my bed
oh, it's childish and it's silly
but i think it's you in my room, by the bed
(...yes, i told you it was silly...)

and i know
i took strange pills
but i never meant to hurt you
oh, truly i love you
came home late one night
everyone had gone to bed
but, you know
no-one stays up for you
i had sixteen stitches
all around my head

oh, the last bus i missed to maudlin street
so he drove me home in the van
complaining, "women only like me for my mind..."
don't leave your torch behind
a powercut ahead; 1972, you know

and so we crept through the park
no, i cannot steal a pair of jeans off a clothesline
for you
but you ... without clothes
oh, i could not keep a straight face
me - without clothes ?
well, a nation turns its back and gags...
i'm packed

i am moving house
a half-life disappears today
with "every hand waves me on"
(secretly wishing me gone)
well, i will be soon
ooh, i will be soon
i will be soon
i will be soon
will be soon, i will be soon
mmm ... i will be soon, i will be soon

there were bad times on maudlin street
they took you away in a police car
inspector - don't you know ?
don't you care ?
don't you know - about love ?

your gran died
and your mother died
on maudlin street
in pain, and ashamed
with never time to say
those special things ... oh
i took the key from maudlin street
well, it's only bricks and mortar !
oh, oh, truly i love you
oh, wherever you are
wherever you are
wherever you are
i hope you're singing now
oh, i do hope
i hope you're singing now
oh ...