Street of Orange Light

I tried to do it all I found I had to fall I tried the church on Sundays Got up for work on Mondays I've climbed through it all Great expectations subside Lay my ambitions aside All I can do is survive And untie all the mysteries In heart and in mind Skateboards and snowballs First time I threw my fist Paint walls with band names Broken bottle scarred my wrist First kiss in plaster cast Now the doorway's boarded up Memory of my mother saying goodbye As she walked right off To work on the factory floor I failed to understand I'm all but just a man I'm skin and bone and muscle I can crumble, I can buckle I can stand and I can fall Great expectations subside Lay my ambitions aside All I can do is survive And untie all the mysteries In heart and in mind Deckchairs and mixtapes And sand beneath my toes Haircuts and trainers I wish would wash ashore Rain watching, doorsteps In sleeping bags at night Change channel with a pool stick On our street of orange light And it feels so right