Broadway Stillness

Verse 1

Waiting

The rain hits a greasy bin

Gray clouds heavy like a wet wool coat

Stagnant

Nothing moves but the clock on the wall

Nothing

Boredom is a brick

Looking out at the Broadway through a cracked pane

The bus slows

Stops

Then it goes

Steam on the glass

I trace a circle and watch it fade away

Chorus

Stuck in the middle of a Monday afternoon

Nobody coming through the door too soon

It is just another day in Cricklewood

Doing exactly what I thought I would

Nothing ever happens here

Nothing ever happens here

Verse 2

Dust

Settling on a shelf of old tins

The radiator hums a low flat tune

Forgotten

I found a penny in the floorboards

Lucky

Pennies and dust

Trying to find a reason to put shoes on

Cold tea

Bitter

Cold

The sun is a ghost

Trying to burn through the fog over the train tracks

Chorus

Stuck in the middle of a Monday afternoon

Nobody coming through the door too soon

It is just another day in Cricklewood

Doing exactly what I thought I would

Nothing ever happens here

Nothing ever happens here

Bridge

Walk to the corner

Walk to the park

Walk back home before it gets dark

The same faces

The same places

The same traces of a life on pause

Chorus

Stuck in the middle of a Monday afternoon

Nobody coming through the door too soon

It is just another day in Cricklewood

Doing exactly what I thought I would

Nothing ever happens here

Nothing ever happens here

Outro

Just the wind

Just the rain

Just the same

Nothing ever happens here

Nothing

Nothing

Nothing

Cricklewood stays still

While the rest of the world turns away