One Better Day-St. Madness

[ti:] [ar:St. Madness] [al:Our House: Best of Madness] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.67]One Better Day - St. Madness [00:03.93]Written by：Graham McPherson/Mike Barson/Mark Bedford [00:07.03] [00:11.04]Arlington house address no fixed abode [00:16.24] [00:18.32]An old man in a three-piece suit sits in the road [00:24.76] [00:26.25]He stares across the water he sees right through the lock [00:32.23] [00:34.22]But on and up like outstretched hands [00:37.65]His mumbled words his fumbled words mock [00:44.73] [00:49.98]Further down a photo booth a million plastic bags [00:56.28] [00:58.32]And an old woman filling out a million baggage tags [01:04.31] [01:06.03]But when she gets thrown out three bags at a time [01:12.19] [01:13.93]She spies the old chap in the road to share her bags with [01:19.93]She has bags of time [01:22.39]Surrounded by his past on a short white line [01:27.89] [01:29.79]He sits while cars pass either side takes his time [01:35.75] [01:37.69]Trying to remember one better day [01:43.77] [01:46.37]A while ago when people stopped to hear him say [01:51.52] [01:54.00]Walking round you sometimes hear the sunshine [01:59.46] [02:01.94]Beating down in time with the rhythm of your shoes [02:07.76] [02:18.07]Now she has walked enough through rainy town [02:23.27] [02:25.01]She rests her bag against his and sits down [02:31.45] [02:32.76]She's trying to remember one better day [02:39.19] [02:41.71]A while ago when people stopped to hear her say [02:47.11] [02:49.40]Walking round you sometimes hear the sunshine [02:54.83] [02:57.32]Beating down in time with the rhythm of your shoes [03:03.09] [03:20.67]Walking round you sometimes hear the sunshine [03:26.13] [03:28.44]Beating down in time with the rhythm of your shoes [03:34.30] [03:36.48]The feeling of arriving when you've nothing left to lose [03:42.60] [03:43.83]Walking round you sometimes hear the sunshine [03:49.30] [03:51.68]Beating down in time with the rhythm of your shoes [03:57.32] [03:59.63]The feeling of arriving [04:01.21]