Love Like A Rocket Lyrics - Bob Geldof

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 Julies 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