Lyrics Walking back to happiness Boomtown Rats

Walking back to happiness

Dark skies are falling down on my head tonight
But I looked up and I could clearly see that moon
For a second I thought I was somewhere
Romantic like MississippiBut I was walking down Chelsea BayouIt takes you by suprise the places you find yourself in
One minute you're here
Next minute you're there
And then you're gone
If it wasn't for a well placed sense of direction
You could lose your head and simply carry on
Walking back to happinessI've been walking back to happiness
Like Helen Shapiro did
Me and HelenArm in arm
Foghorns boom the daylight gloom descends
Too soon on wintry afternoons
That frightened heart of youth is with me now
Still staring out from it's upstairs room
And you can take any road you wish to walk on
You can swim to the furthest shore
Or you can be like Joan of Arc babe
And plug into the planet's core
And go walking back to happiness
I feel happy already watch me smile
See me laughing
Later on see me cry
And as it gets colder and the night wears on a little bit
I cool down yes I cool my heels
I remember my father and me down on the East PierHe's pointing at the ships saying "They're leaving here"
Where do they go?
Where do they go?
Eastward HoEastward HoYes I remember my father
Standing on the edge of the PierPointing with his finger "Eastward Ho"And were walking back to happiness
And here we go