Sunny

I rode my bike along the towpath Past all the cranes that bow their heads Down by the river to the gas works Where I would meet up with my friends We'd mess around and play all summer Around our flats and on the streets In days that seemed to last forever And nights beneath my nylon sheets I was young and naïve And drifted around But I followed my dreams With music I found life Sunny My growing up would not be easy Going for long walks on the heath Trying to play like Jimi Hendrix Behind my back and with my teeth I went to festivals and dropped out That's when I learned that I could fly Sitting around an open fire Watching the world go floating by With my ear to the ground The future took ages When it finally arrived The world we created was Sunny My mother watched me changing From a boy into a man With spots and moods and temper tantrums Short attention span It didn't seem to matter It made me who I am I got a job down at the warehouse I worked hard to pay the rent Rehearsing almost every evening Trying to make another dent Along the road that I had chosen The generation game of life Today I'm walking by the river Watching my children cycle by We came up through the pubs That heaved with our friends Now it's coffee in mugs While out on the Thames it's Sunny I rode my bike along the towpath Past all the cranes that bow their heads Down by the river to the gas works Where I would meet up with my friends We'd mess around and play all summer Around our flats and on the streets In days that seemed to last forever And nights beneath my nylon sheets I was young and naïve And drifted around But I followed my dreams With music I found life Sunny My growing up would not be easy Going for long walks on the heath Trying to play like Jimi Hendrix Behind my back and with my teeth I went to festivals and dropped out That's when I learned that I could fly Sitting around an open fire Watching the world go floating by With my ear to the ground The future took ages When it finally arrived The world we created was Sunny My mother watched me changing From a boy into a man With spots and moods and temper tantrums Short attention span It didn't seem to matter It made me who I am I got a job down at the warehouse I worked hard to pay the rent Rehearsing almost every evening Trying to make another dent Along the road that I had chosen The generation game of life Today I'm walking by the river Watching my children cycle by We came up through the pubs That heaved with our friends Now it's coffee in mugs While out on the Thames it's Sunny