Sunny

I rode my bike along the towpath
 Past all the cranes that bow their heads
 Down by the river to the gas works
 Where I would meet up with my friends
 We'd mess around and play all summer
 Around our flats and on the streets
 In days that seemed to last forever
 And nights beneath my nylon sheets
 I was young and naïve
 And drifted around
 But I followed my dreams
 With music I found life Sunny
 My growing up would not be easy
 Going for long walks on the heath
 Trying to play like Jimi Hendrix
 Behind my back and with my teeth
 I went to festivals and dropped out
 That's when I learned that I could fly
 Sitting around an open fire
 Watching the world go floating by
 With my ear to the ground
 The future took ages
 When it finally arrived
 The world we created was Sunny
 My mother watched me changing
 From a boy into a man
 With spots and moods and temper tantrums
 Short attention span
 It didn't seem to matter
 It made me who I am
 I got a job down at the warehouse
 I worked hard to pay the rent
 Rehearsing almost every evening
 Trying to make another dent
 Along the road that I had chosen
 The generation game of life
 Today I'm walking by the river
 Watching my children cycle by
 We came up through the pubs
 That heaved with our friends
 Now it's coffee in mugs
 While out on the Thames it's Sunny
 I rode my bike along the towpath
 Past all the cranes that bow their heads
 Down by the river to the gas works
 Where I would meet up with my friends
 We'd mess around and play all summer
 Around our flats and on the streets
 In days that seemed to last forever
 And nights beneath my nylon sheets
 I was young and naïve
 And drifted around
 But I followed my dreams
 With music I found life Sunny
 My growing up would not be easy
 Going for long walks on the heath
 Trying to play like Jimi Hendrix
 Behind my back and with my teeth
 I went to festivals and dropped out
 That's when I learned that I could fly
 Sitting around an open fire
 Watching the world go floating by
 With my ear to the ground
 The future took ages
 When it finally arrived
 The world we created was Sunny
 My mother watched me changing
 From a boy into a man
 With spots and moods and temper tantrums
 Short attention span
 It didn't seem to matter
 It made me who I am
 I got a job down at the warehouse
 I worked hard to pay the rent
 Rehearsing almost every evening
 Trying to make another dent
 Along the road that I had chosen
 The generation game of life
 Today I'm walking by the river
 Watching my children cycle by
 We came up through the pubs
 That heaved with our friends
 Now it's coffee in mugs
 While out on the Thames it's Sunny