It's 5 a.m. in Amsterdam And this is how I know Not by the voice on my portable radio The batteries are old It's 5 a.m. in Amsterdam And this is how I know Not by a digital watch I don't even own one It's 5 a.m. in Amsterdam And this is how I know Not by a traveler's clock It wound down long ago Is a bell ringing in my head?
I remember you once said "It's just a trick of lightning, Michelle Tripping over power lines" I'm living alone now It's 5 a.m. in Amsterdam And this is how I know There's a church beside a park And it fills the dying dark With five strokes There it is again Did you hear that? Did you hear that? Did you hear that?