Over Amsterdam

i got off the train
stepped out of Centraal Station
i'd made it to that little brick city
my eager destination
and as i walked those magic little streets
for the very first time
i thought that i could take this city
and make it mine
a pale grey sun was shining behind the clouds
over Amsterdam

she was just pretending
ah but i fell in love so hard
i was young and foolish
she played me like a card
i still remember waiting on her doorstep
i waited there all night
some junkies were mumbling in the alley
i waited 'til the morning light
a pale grey sun was rising behind the clouds
over Amsterdam

got up off her doorstep
'bout as sad as i'd ever been
walked along the canals
crossed those tiny little bridges
over and over again
you walk so long in that town
you think you've gotten somewhere
but you're right back
where you started, my friend
right back
where you started, my friend

how many years have passed since then?
brother don't make me count
however you want to add it up
it's the wrong amount
you ask me would i go back there
well now, what would i go back for?
wouldn't wanna ride that little trolley
that rolls right past her door
or see that pale grey moon
hanging behind the clouds
over Amsterdam



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The video below is a live version from 2010. Before I had written the bridge.
About the tiny little bridges.