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I people-watch on the way back home
– Mwen moun-gade sou wout la tounen lakay
Envious of the glimmer of hope
– Jalouzi nan ekla a nan espwa
Gives me a break from feeling alone
– Li ban m yon ti repo pou m pa santi m poukont mwen
Gives me a moment out of the ego
– Ban m yon moman soti nan ego a
I used to feel so invincible
– Mwen te konn santi m konsa invincible
I used to feel there was a world worth dreamin’ of
– Mwen te konn santi te gen yon mond vo rèv nan
Back in the Gasworks, screamin’ the song
– Retounen nan Gazworks yo, kriye chante a
Just the beauty of youth would quell my aching heart
– Jis bote nan jèn ta bese kè m ‘ doulè
Oh, I feel so dark rememberin’
– Oh, mwen santi mwen tèlman nwa sonje
Oh, my heart, I feel so dark rememberin’
– Oh, kè m, mwen santi m konsa nwa sonje
I people-watch on the way back home
– Mwen moun-gade sou wout la tounen lakay
Everybody on the treadmill, runnin’
– Tout moun sou tapi a, kouri
Under the billboards, out of the heat
– Anba tablo piblisite yo, soti nan chalè a
Somebody’s darling’s on the street tonight
– Yon moun renmen anpil nan lari a aswè a
Oh, I can’t stop runnin’
– Oh, mwen pa ka sispann kouri
I see the whole town fall
– Mwen wè tout vil la tonbe
I people-watch on the way back home
– Mwen moun-gade sou wout la tounen lakay
I people-watch on the way back home
– Mwen moun-gade sou wout la tounen lakay
(Ooh-ooh)
– (Ooh-ooh)
(Ooh-ooh, ooh)
– (Ooh-ooh, ooh)
I came back home after seven years
– Mwen te tounen lakay apre sèt ane
Wide awake, tracing tracks of her tears
– Byen reveye, tras tras nan dlo nan je l’
Cornered the nurse to get the gist of it
– Te anboche enfimyè a pou jwenn sans li
I promised her I’d get her out of the care home
– Mwen te pwomèt li mwen ta jwenn li soti nan kay la swen
The place was fallin’ to bits
– Kote a te tonbe an moso
Understaffed and overruled by callous hands
– Yo pa gen ase anplwaye e yo pa gen men ki pa gen sans
The poor nurse was around the clock
– Enfimyè a pòv te alantou revèy la
And the beauty of youth had left my breaking heart
– Ak bote nan jèn te kite kè kase mwen
But it wasn’t hard when you love someone
– Men li pa t difisil lè ou renmen yon moun
Oh, I stayed all night till you left this life ’cause that’s just love
– Oh, mwen te rete tout nwit la jiskaske ou kite lavi sa a paske sa se jis renmen
I people-watch on the way back home
– Mwen moun-gade sou wout la tounen lakay
Everybody on the treadmill, runnin’
– Tout moun sou tapi a, kouri
Under the billboards, out of the heat
– Anba tablo piblisite yo, soti nan chalè a
Somebody’s darling’s on the street tonight
– Yon moun renmen anpil nan lari a aswè a
Oh, I can’t stop runnin’
– Oh, mwen pa ka sispann kouri
I see the whole town fall
– Mwen wè tout vil la tonbe
I people-watch on the way back home
– Mwen moun-gade sou wout la tounen lakay
I people-watch on the way back home
– Mwen moun-gade sou wout la tounen lakay
I people-watch on the way back home
– Mwen moun-gade sou wout la tounen lakay
I people-watch on the way back home
– Mwen moun-gade sou wout la tounen lakay
I people-watch on the way back home
– Mwen moun-gade sou wout la tounen lakay
I people-watch on the way back home
– Mwen moun-gade sou wout la tounen lakay
Above the rain-soaked Garden of Remembrance
– Pi wo Pase Jaden Remembrance ki tranpe nan lapli a
Kittywakes etched your initials in the sky
– Kittywakes te grave inisyal ou nan syèl la
Oh, I fear for this crippled island and the turmoil of the times
– Oh, mwen pè pou zile sa a enfim ak ajitasyon nan tan
And I’ll hold you in my heart till the day I die
– E m ap kenbe ou nan kè m jouk jou m mouri a
Oh
– Oh
I people-watch on the way back home
– Mwen moun-gade sou wout la tounen lakay
Everybody on the treadmill, runnin’
– Tout moun sou tapi a, kouri
Under the billboards, out of the heat
– Anba tablo piblisite yo, soti nan chalè a
Somebody’s darling’s on the street tonight
– Yon moun renmen anpil nan lari a aswè a
Oh, I can’t stop runnin’
– Oh, mwen pa ka sispann kouri
I see the whole town fall
– Mwen wè tout vil la tonbe
I people-watch on the way back home
– Mwen moun-gade sou wout la tounen lakay
I people-watch on the way back home
– Mwen moun-gade sou wout la tounen lakay
I people-watch on the way back home
– Mwen moun-gade sou wout la tounen lakay
I people-watch on the way back home
– Mwen moun-gade sou wout la tounen lakay
I people-watch on the way back home
– Mwen moun-gade sou wout la tounen lakay
I people-watch on the way back home
– Mwen moun-gade sou wout la tounen lakay
(Ooh-ooh)
– (Ooh-ooh)
(Ooh-ooh, ooh)
– (Ooh-ooh, ooh)
(Ooh-ooh)
– (Ooh-ooh)
