Reel to Reel Romance

Verse 1

Down on Abbey Road the door is painted plain

Nobody knows the names behind the glass

A busker strums a chord and hopes for change

The tape reels turn and let the moment pass

Pre-Chorus

Every brick has heard a hundred takes

Every hallway hums with something strange

I put my shoulder to the heavy door

And wonder who stood right here before

Chorus

St. John's Wood keeps all the sound

St. John's Wood won't let it down

Turn the dial and spin it round

St. John's Wood keeps all the sound

Post-Chorus

(Oh-oh) spin it round

(Oh-oh) keep the sound

Verse 2

A runner brings the tea at half past nine

The console glows like something from a dream

Four lads once wandered in from time to time

And left a little magic in the seams

Pre-Chorus

The staircase creaks a song from sixty-nine

The microphones are older than my pride

I clap my hands and listen for the room

It answers back like thunder in a tomb

Chorus

St. John's Wood keeps all the sound

St. John's Wood won't let it down

Turn the dial and spin it round

St. John's Wood keeps all the sound

Post-Chorus

(Oh-oh) spin it round

(Oh-oh) keep the sound

Bridge

Bands come and go like weather

But the walls remember every weather

Play it loud play it long play it better

(Play it better)

Chorus

St. John's Wood keeps all the sound

St. John's Wood won't let it down

Turn the dial and spin it round

St. John's Wood keeps all the sound

Post-Chorus

(Oh-oh) spin it round

(Oh-oh) keep the sound