As I wake up in a room somewhere
dawn light not yet showing
There's just a thin horizon
between me and her
the edge of a half-dream glowing
Well, you know, I felt her
in my dream last night
Strange how the sheets
are warm beside me
Now, how do I catch
the waking edge
As it slips to the far
and wide of me
Didn't I try to hold it down
Freeze on the picture
hang sharp on the sound
Catch the waking edge
another time
Familiar shadows
in my hotel room
are still here for the taking
They seem to linger on
as the street lights fade
and the empty dawn is breaking
Didn't I try to hold it down
Freeze on the picture
hang sharp on the sound
Catch the waking edge
another time
<Interlude>
Private movie showing in my head
which button do
I press for re-run
And how do I catch
the waking edge
The edge of a dream
about someone
Well, you know I felt her
in my dream last night
now the sheets
are cold beside me
cked down
and they put you first in line
And so you finally ask yourself
just how big you are
and take your place in a wiser
world of bigger motor cars
<Intelrude>
So Where the hell was Biggles
when you needed him
last Saturday
And where were all the sportsmen
who always pulled you though
They're all resting down
in Cornwall
writing up their memoirs
for a paper-back edition
of the Boy Scout Manual
See there! A man born