You´re sending me tulips mistaken for lilies You give me your lip after punching me silly You turned my head till it rolled down the brain drain If I had any sense now I wouldn´t want it back again
(Refrain:) New Amsterdam it´s become much too much Till I have the possession of everything she touches Till I step on the brakes to get out of her clutches Till I speak double dutch to a real double duchess
Down on the mainspring, listen to the tick tock Clock all the faces that move in on your block Twice shy and dog tired because you´ve been bitten Everything you say now sounds like it was ghost-written
(Refrain)
Back in London they´ll take you to heart after a little while Though I look right at home I still feel like an exile
Somehow I found myself down at the dockside Thinking of the old days of Liverpool and Rotherhide The transparent people who live on the other side Living a life that is almost like suicide