Down On Hamilton Road ©

In the shade of the streetlights on Hamilton Road
In December nineteen seventy three
We talked of maybes and what might have been
As your sweet lips gently touched mine

We arrived by the river, we were drawn by the sea
By rusting school gates where you waited for me
By the swirl of the snowflake preparing to yield
And all we'd resisted, all we'd revealed

Now it's hard to find words that capture the truth
As I kneel at this altar of romance and youth
To worship the sweet breeze that gave this life flight
The beautiful storm that brought me to life

But the passions of first love have to contend
With the traps and the trials that youth can beget
And though you and I stumbled, you and I fell
Nothing could break that invincible spell

And so we met in our heartland in FOS 10
I was eighteen and so full of it then
Across the bench seat we sidled up close
And my tongue was possessed by God only knows

Yet the heavens held station above us that night
True servants of romance awaiting a sign
As you in your fashion offered the dream
And I threw it all to the wind

Chorus:
Only you and I know what was broken there
Though our hearts hold the pieces so dear
All that love promised was thrown to the wind
Down on Hamilton road . . . Down on Hamilton Road

Yes I'd give all I could to take back again
The few careless words that changed everything then
For the saddest moment that I've ever known
Was the sight of you leaving down Hamilton Road

Though the heavens re-formed without us my love
And all that unfolded was distance
The sweetest sensation what I'll ever know
Was the touch of your lips down on Hamilton Road

Chorus:
Only you and I know what was broken there
Though our hearts hold the pieces so dear
All that love promised was thrown to the wind
Down on Hamilton Road . . .Down on Hamilton Road