The Velvet Trail

Lead me down the velvet trail

To the shingle and the sea

Jet fighters flying over head

Feeling melancholy

Jet fighters flying over head

Leaving trails across the sky

Flying into the setting sun

Summer leaves without goodbye

I wandered down the old arcade

Where teenage dreams are won and lost

Just a few old dirty coins

Mean so much when you are young

And the rain starts to fall

Splashing off the carousel

Now all thе horses look forlorn

So many memories to mourn

Things will nеver be the same

Painted faces fading fast

And like the spark of youthful hope

Those smiles were never meant to last

I can see the sea

Too busy looking out for me

So lead me down the velvet trail

Where my summers used to be

The gorse is wild and overgrown

I walked the trail all on my own

Where the fox has made his lair

My memories will find him there

And the magpies look for shells

One for sorrow, two for joy

Steal away my shining things

Steal the treasure from the boy

Once there was you and there was me

Both so young and so carefree

Back when the beach had golden sand

And dreams we held within our hand

Or was this just our golden age?

And as the movie fades to blank

The gold is never ours to keep

We always have to give it back

Lead me down the velvet trail

To things that were and never was

And the sea at last comes in

And all my memories are lost

Lead me down the velvet trail

As the rain begins to fall

All the pathways that I walked

I don't remember now at all