Will-o-the-wisp - Pet Shop Boys

I see you after many years

On an elevated train

Rattling above the streets of a city

Where men don’t wait in vain

I think, my, you may have changed

But you’re such a handsome thing

Do you still hang around that old arcade

To see what luck will bring?

(Will of the wisp)

The U1 is such a party train

(Will-o-the-wisp)

From Uhland to Warschauerstraße

(Will-o-the-wisp)

Emerging from below past Nollendorfplatz

(Will-o-the-wisp)

In search of love and laughter

(Will-o-the-wisp)

Oh (Will-o-the-wisp)

Oh (Will-o-the-wisp)

Oh (Will-o-the-wisp)

Oh

You were always such a free spirit

A bright-eyed eager chap

A will-o-the-wisp and charming with it

In your battered leather cap

(Will-o-the-wisp)

But maybe you’ve gone respectable

With a wife and job and all that

Working for the local government

And living in a rented flat?

(Will-o-the-wisp)

The U1 is such a party train

(Will-o-the-wisp)

From Uhland to Warschauerstraße

(Will-o-the-wisp)

Emerging from below past Nollendorfplatz

(Will-o-the-wisp)

In search of love and laughter

(Will-o-the-wisp)

And you, my former will-o-the-wisp

Will you recognize me today?

Give me a smile for old time’s sake

Before you run away

(Will-o-the-wisp)

You were always such a free spirit

(Will-o-the-wisp)

Aren’t you getting bored?

(Will-o-the-wisp)

A will-o-the-wisp and charming with it

(Will-o-the-wisp)

Who loved to be adored

(Will-o-the-wisp)

The U1 is such a party train

(Will-o-the-wisp)

From Uhland to Warschauerstraße

(Will-o-the-wisp)

Emerging from below past Nollendorfplatz

(Will-o-the-wisp)

In search of love and laughter

(Will-o-the-wisp)

You were always such a free spirit

(Will-o-the-wisp)

Who came and went so much

(Will-o-the-wisp)

A will-o-the-wisp and charming with it

I’m still longing for your touch

(Will-o-the-wisp)