Bob Geldof Walking Back To Happiness Lyrics

Walking Back To Happiness Lyrics

Dark skies are falling down on my head tonight



But I looked up and I could clearly see that moon



For a second I thought I was somewhere



Romantic like Mississippi



But I was walking down Chelsea Bayou



It takes you by suprise the places you find yourself in



One minute you're here



Next minute you're there



And then you're gone



If it wasn't for a well placed sense of direction



You could lose your head and simply carry on



Walking back to happiness



I've been walking back to happiness



Like Helen Shapiro did



Me and Helen



Arm in arm







Foghorns boom the daylight gloom descends



Too soon on wintry afternoons



That frightened heart of youth is with me now



Still staring out from it's upstairs room



And you can take any road you wish to walk on



You can swim to the furthest shore



Or you can be like Joan of Arc babe



And plug into the planet's core



And go walking back to happiness



I feel happy already watch me smile



See me laughing



Later on see me cry







And as it gets colder and the night wears on a little bit



I cool down yes I cool my heels



I remember my father and me down on the East Pier



He's pointing at the ships saying "They're leaving here"



Where do they go?



Where do they go?



Eastward Ho



Eastward Ho



Yes I remember my father



Standing on the edge of the Pier



Pointing with his finger "Eastward Ho"



And were walking back to happiness



And here we go







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*written by Bob Geldof



*taken from the album entitled "The Vegetarians of Love"