If I Had A Matchbook

Verse 1

If I had a matchbook

I'd set fire to the rain

Watch the clouds come down in pieces

Like a runaway train

I'd put the moon in my pocket

And walk it through the town

Tell the statues all my secrets

Before they all fall down

Verse 2

If I had a matchbook

I'd light up every street

Make the shadows dance together

To the rhythm of your feet

There's a hotel in the ocean

With your name above the door

And the waves keep ringing telephones

I've never heard before

Chorus

If I had a matchbook

I'd burn a road to you

Through the middle of tomorrow

Where the sky is always blue

And if the world went missing

I'd know just what to do

I'd strike another little flame

And find my way to you

Verse 3

I saw a man on television

Selling tickets to the stars

He said he'd been to heaven

But he couldn't find his car

So I bought myself a ticket

With a pound I never had

Now I'm flying past the rooftops

Wondering where we went bad

Bridge

There's a river in the ceiling

There's a telephone in the sea

And everybody's getting older

Except you and me

The newspapers are laughing

The radio's asleep

And the moon is wearing sunglasses

At half past three

Final Chorus

If I had a matchbook

I'd burn a road to you

Through the middle of tomorrow

Where the sky is always blue

And if the world went missing

I'd know just what to do

I'd strike another little flame

And find my way to you

Outro

If I had a matchbook

If I had one little flame

I'd light up all the darkness

And lose myself again