A Ballad of Camden Town

I walked with you on pleasant streets
Long years back
In a worn-out suit
In trousers tight and Chelsea Boots we spent the days out on the loose
Owned the streets like that
And bright young things were everywhere
Didn't have a care no
Neither did we
It's been a long time now
Remembering those crazy nights
The heartache and the drugs that came along
English summer rain

Oh, I caught you right there at our peak
Or close by
When you sleep
I relive it inside your thoughts
I might just make it right this time round, baby

But I'm in a lonely place
I rewind the past through heady tapes
Thin reels of happiness, long, long gone
Now the memories float by
You were spraying stardust in my face
I never thought we'd fall from grace
Like we did back then
Cause even though we had our fights
We ruled the clubs and danced in the lights
With shimmering crowns

You're my special friend
Piercing eyes and noble skin
I promise to return to you someday
With a can of Red Stripe
I think of you and summer air
And wine we drank down by the market fair
Saw you nevermore
I dream you dwell in London still
A silent rose on Primrose Hill
Or in the back of my mind
I've lived alone most of my life
In solitude like those who died
In Camden Town

I caught you right there at our peak
Close your eyes
When you sleep
I relive it inside your thoughts
I might just make it right this time round, baby

What became of us?