Love Like a Rocket

Terry sees his Julie every Friday night

Down at Waterloo Underground

Nothing much has changed

Except now they're both afraid

And they're not sure what went wrong

Terry holds her tight

And says some things I can't explain

But in twenty years maybe

Some things have got to change

Paradise is gone

It was ever on

But there's one thing, Julie

That'll always be the same

My love's like a rocket

Like a rocket on fire

Going straight up to the sky

Love's like a rocket

Like a rocket on fire

Gonna love you till the day I die

But Julie's looking less

Than she's in love anymore

'Cause the Waterloo sunset

Don't work for her anymore

Julie cries a lot

But she tries to hide the tears

From the kids coming in from school

She's looking at a picture

Taken Market '66

Of Terry on the Pelican pool

She tries to remember

The boy in the snap

But the baby's woken up

From her afternoon nap

She runs a wrinkled hand

Through her tired hair

And sighs and murmurs something

Sounding close to despair

But love's like a rocket

Like a rocket on fire

Going straight up to the sky

Love's like a rocket

Like a rocket on fire

He's gonna love her till the day he dies

But in the middle of another

Little household chore

She knows the Waterloo sunset

Won't work for her anymore

Love like a rocket

Like a rocket

Love like a rocket

Love like a rocket

Like a rocket

Love like a rocket

Love like a rocket

Like a rocket

Love like a rocket

Love like a rocket

Like a rocket on fire

Standing on the bridge

Terry stops and checks his wrist

As the water rushes by below

It's almost half past six

But the people moving by

Make him seem like twenty years ago

Julie gets there late

But she always made him wait

Until the sky turned from red to gold

She says, "Terry, I don't think

We should come here no more"

And like his wife, her friend is small

And he just gasps and says, "I know"

But love's like a rocket

Like a rocket on fire

Going straight up to the sky

Love's like a rocket

Like a rocket on fire

He's gonna love her till the day he dies

And then he squeezes Julie's hands

As the water starts to glow

The tear falls in the river

Disappears with the flow

And he's gone

Love like a rocket

Love like a rocket

Love like a rocket

Like a rocket on fire

Love like a rocket

Love like a rocket

Love like a rocket

Like a rocket on fire

Love like a rocket

Love like a rocket

Love like a rocket

Like a rocket on fire

Love like a rocket

Love like a rocket

Love like a rocket

Like a rocket on fire