If I make it back to Mary's house
Before the lights go down
The city bells can ring out loud
And shout out Lord be praised and now
I'm still that kid you used to know
My feet won't touch the ground
In the one hand there's a ray of light
The other there's a fallen crown
We'll throw it down and shoot it up
We'll run the moonlight mile
If I make it back your house
Can I stay with you for a while?
And if I'm not mistaken
We'll be leaving on the hour
Something's ticking in my suitcase
So I'll say goodbye for now
If I make it back to Mary's house
We'll lay low for a while
As the big band marches through the Strand
We'll slip away to another land
We'll run free like a river
We'll screw that river dry
If I make it back to Mary's house
There'll be no way or why
We could give it up for anyone
There's only you and I
If I make it back to your house
Can I stay with you for a while?
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If I make it back to Mary's house
Before the count of 10
Ophelia will be smiling down upon the River Thames
There'll be smoke upon the water
Whiskey in the jar
And I'll strum it on my 24-carat gold Gibson guitar
Then we'll rise up with the sparrows
Bed down with the crows
Go waltzing through the empty streets
Where nobody goes
Where nobody lives
Where there's nothing to be found
But somewhere in the shadows
Round the back of Mary's house
I've got a little bunch of daisies
And some sparkling Spanish wine
If I make it back your house
Can I stay with you for a while?