Stephen Duffy & The Lilac Time - So Far Away lyrics

When I was a young, young man Back in the twentieth century Well, you made your own amusements then Flying to the moon The benefit of hindsight Is always black and white And there always were contrasting ways To get you through the night From bright morning star to morning sun But they are so far away That I won't even ask them to stay I've been looking for a way to be true A way out of the blue Calling but I can't get through To explain myself to you The constant repetition Of details from the past The painful human anguish Of why can't true love last? Whilst living in the wreckage Of all we have done But you are so far away That I won't even ask you to stay The day the Berlin wall came down And other days forgotten Nostalgia isn't what it was Farewell then Johnny Rotten, Brian Jones And Jackson Pollock, Chairman Mao See you later Allen Ginsberg You changed the world somehow And the times when we weren't crying Have been fun But they are so far away That I won't even ask them to stay No way, I won't even ask them to stay