Lyrics

When I dreamed, I dreamed of life’s adventures
Not rooted to the spot, broke, and needing dentures
I grew up with you, I grew up with you
But still we miss a vital spot, a vital clue

Closer now, come closer now
Oh, well we get so tired
Closer than this paper world outside

Really gets you down, the back of this town, life’s changes
The trouble here is known, it’s easy to be thrown on these wages
I call out to you, I call out to you
All you see is fading fast, a fading dream

Closer now, come closer now
Oh, well we get so tired
Closer than this paper world outside

Well I never, the never-never, the never-never
They’ve burnt our house down
Don’t believe that we can’t swim

Trouble schemes and plots to tie us up in knots while we’re sleeping
When it’s all too late, we finally awake to be beaten
We are very small, we are very small
And if we win it is because we give our all

Closer now, come closer now
Oh, well we get so tired
Closer than this paper world outside