One Better Day Lyrics - Utter Madness - Madness

Arlington house, address: no fixed abode 

An old man in a three-piece suit sits in the road 

He stares across the water, he sees right through the lock 

But on and up like outstretched hands 

His mumbled words, his fumbled words, mock 

Further down, a photo booth, a million plastic bags 

And an old woman filling out a million baggage tags 

But when she gets thrown out, three bags at a time 

She spies the old chap in the road to share her bags with 

She has bags of time 

Surrounded by his past, on a short white line 

He sits while cars pass either side, takes his time 

Trying to remember one better day 

A while ago when people stopped to hear him say 

Walking round you sometimes hear the sunshine 

Beating down in time with the rhythm of your shoes 

Now she has walked enough through rainy town 

She rests her bag against his and sits down 

She's trying to remember one better day 

A while ago when people stopped to hear her say 

Walking round you sometimes hear the sunshine 

Beating down in time with the rhythm of your shoes 

Walking round you sometimes hear the sunshine 

Beating down in time with the rhythm of your shoes 

The feeling of arriving when you've nothing left to lose 

Walking round you sometimes hear the sunshine 

Beating down in time with the rhythm of your shoes 

The feeling of arriving when you've nothing left to lose