[Verse 1]
There's no mistake, I smell that smell
It's that time of year again
I can taste the air
[Verse 2]
The clocks go back, railway track
Something blocks the line again
And the train runs late for the first time
[Verse 3]
A pebble beach, we're underneath
A pier that's just been painted red
Where I heard the news for the first time
[Chorus]
And all the friends lay down the flowers
Sit on the banks and drink for hours
Talk of the way they saw him last
Local boy in the photograph
Today
[Verse 4]
He'll always be 23
Yet the train runs on and on
Past the place they found his clothing
[Repeat Verse 1]
[Repeat Verse 2]
[Chorus]
He's gone away