[02:53.00]Oh I just came back from Haarlem
[02:53.00]On the very last day of Autumn
[02:53.00]Made it through the customs, took the bus into town
[02:53.00]The flat looked cold and empty
[02:53.00]The chairs unused and dusty
[02:53.00]Just a few old letters and papers lying around
[02:53.00]The Dutch people were friendly
[02:53.00]You know they put me up and they fed me
[02:53.00]All along a tour of one night stands
[02:53.00]All my days and all my ways
[02:53.00]Are so confused
[02:53.00]I tell you right new
[02:53.00]I'm going to make it back to Amsterdam
[02:53.00]
[02:53.00]And you can feel fine anytime
[02:53.00]You choose to lose yourself for a while
[02:53.00]Bottle of wine
[02:53.00]In some back street cafe
[02:53.00]Or out on the street, there's a chance
[02:53.00]For you to meet anybody you please
[02:53.00]Taking the time
[02:53.00]To ease your blues away
[02:53.00]
[02:53.00]Fred was a crazy driver
[02:53.00]He took us at a hundred miles an hour
[02:53.00]Down a side street out of a traffic jam
[02:53.00]All my days and all my ways
[02:53.00]Are so bemused
[02:53.00]I tell you right now
[02:53.00]I'm going to make it back to Amsterdam
[02:53.00]
[02:53.00]Oh I just came back from Haarlem
[02:53.00]And the very thing I was wanting
[02:53.00]Was to find some way to let you know how I felt
[02:53.00]You can't say much in an evening
[02:53.00]If you know you'll soon be leaving
[02:53.00]There's not much time to talk, and it's maybe as well
[02:53.00]But I wanted to give you something
[02:53.00]Because you knew you really helped me
[02:53.00]So I've written you a song with a small West Indian band
[02:53.00]And though it seems some days that all my ways are
[02:53.00]Bound to lose
[02:53.00]I tell you right now
[02:53.00]I'm going to make it back to Amsterdam
[02:53.00]
[02:53.00]Amsterdam
[02:53.00]Amsterdam
[02:53.00]Amsterdam
[02:53.00]
[02:53.00]Pah-pa-pa-pah