NW5 -- Madness

I watched you grow up Only to despise I seen the madness stack up through
Tarpaulin eyes I have heard you come up Believing your own lies
Witnessed the blessing rise up in a A very strange disguise
Though you have become a burden One thing remains, that's for certain
I will love you all my life But without you in my life

Yes I watched you climb up I seen you come alive
From them very humble beginnings in NW5
Though we face the final curtain One thing remains, thats for certain
I will love you all my life But without you in my life

(**)  I would give you everything  For just the smile you bring
For just the song to sing I would give you everything
For just that smile you bring For just that song to sing I sing now

Yes I watched you grow up Only to despise Witnessed the blessing rise up in a
A very strange disguise Nothing, it seems, lasts forever
People change just like the weather Some for good and sometimes never
I hope things work out for the better

(**)

Nothing, it seems, last forever People change just like the weather
Some for good and sometimes never I hope things work out for the better

(**)

NW5 is an area in North London, including Kentish Town and Tufnell Park adjacent to Camden Town. "It's about a friend of mine from NW5 who I used to hang about with as far back as the mid-'60s, who unfortunately passed on. I went on to become a Pop star and he got into the dark side of life. I'm no angel, I got into alcohol a bit but he got into the hard stuff, some pretty heavy drugs. It's about friendship and how life can change you."   (songfacts)