Love Like a Rocket

Terry still meets Julie every Friday night

Down at Waterloo underground

Nothing much has changed

Except now they're both afraid

But they're not sure what went wrong

Terry holds her tight and says

Some things I can't explain

But in twenty years baby

Some things have got to change

Paradise is gone

If it was ever on

But there's one thing Julie

That'll always be the same

My love is a rocket

Like a rocket on fire

Goes straight up to the sky

Love like rocket

Like a rocket on fire

I'm gonna love you till the day I die

But Julie's not convinced that that's enough anymore

Cos the Waterloo sunset won'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 Margate '66

Of Terry on the pier looking cool

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

Then sighs and mutters something sounding close to despair

But love 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

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 it seem like twenty years ago

Julie gets there late but she always makes him wait

Until the sky turns from red to gold

She says "Terry I don't think we should come here no more"

And like he's waited for this moment

He just stares and says "I Know"

And love like a rocket

Like a rocket on fire

Goes straight up to the sky

Loves like a rocket

Like a rocket on fire

He'll love her till the day he dies

And then he squeezes Julie's hand as the water starts to glow

A tear falls in the river then disappears with the flow

And is gone.