Once upon a time I stalked the streets on raining evenings
When the distant sea blended with the sky
Past coliseums filled with brass on pavements carved from toasted glass
I carried in my heart a word or two

You dashing horseman all gone away
Left you a stable bill to pay
And now the golden calf has turned to clay
All my feelings dressed in gloves
Couldnt touch your windswept harbour love
White and open-necked you would still play

Id resort to sleepwalking to catch the mood that fills the sails
With harvest nets and tides dont ever bring
But every night was halloween, and every friend fell in between
And how capricious nature ruled my mind

You dashing horseman all gone away
Left you a stable bill to pay
And now the golden calf has turned to clay
All my feelings dressed in gloves
Couldnt touch your windswept harbour love
White and open-necked you would still play

Once upon a time I stalked the streets on raining evenings
When the distant sea blended with the sky
Past coliseums filled with brass on pavements carved from toasted glass
I carried in my heart a word or two

But you would always make me see today

You dashing horseman all gone away
Left you a stable bill to pay
And now the golden calf has turned to clay
All my feelings dressed in gloves
Couldnt touch your windswept harbour love
White and open-necked you would still play

I sound so different these days, I barely can believe Im here
If I didnt know better, I would swear I was someone else
Lord I cant believe, I dont believe Im me
But who on earth could I be ?

You dashing horseman all gone away
Left you a stable bill to pay
And now the golden calf has turned to clay
All my feelings dressed in gloves
Couldnt touch your windswept harbour love
White and open-necked you would still play