Ray Davies, released on Return to Waterloo (solo) © Davray Music Ltd. 1985
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Look at all the people around me,
Same old faces joining the queue.
For return to Waterloo,
Return to Waterloo.
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Started off this morning as usual,
Checkin' out the mail and all the bills to pay.
Maybe something special's gonna happen,
Maybe this is my lucky day.
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The forecast says heavy weather,
So take your umbrella just in case.
Will I get away, will I see it through,
On the return to Waterloo.
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Return to Waterloo.
Return to Waterloo.
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Somehow you feel that the world's been passin' you by.
Can't help thinkin' somehow they're living a lie.
Now I'm asking questions, I never thought I'd ask them before,
Like "why" or "how" or "what am I doing it for?"
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Will I reach my destination,
Or will I get off along the way?
Will I reach my destination?
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Will I reach my destination,
Have I stopped or am I only going slow?
Have we got a couple more stations,
Or is this as far as we all go?
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The headlines cry out from the papers,
"Inflation," "murder," "wars," who really wants to know?
If I return to Waterloo,
It'll cost me more in 1992.
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Will I get away,
Will I see it through?
And come back home to you,
On the return to Waterloo.
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