[Verse 1] There he goes down the middle of the morning grinning like he's carrying the best news in the world Red and cream boots on the pavement almost walking almost running every other step a turn There's a chimney sweep coming the other way He grabs his hand spins him once laughs and carries on [Chorus] On he goes on he goes Where he's going no one knows Something's got him Something good He'd keep it in if only he could So it spills out everywhere On he goes [Verse 2] There's a man sweeping dust across the pavement Not for long There's a painter on a ladder blue from elbow to his shoes Down he comes A woman selling flowers gets a twirl and loses three He catches two hands them back and bows He's gone before she stops laughing [Chorus] On he goes on he goes Where he's going no one knows Something's got him Something good He'd keep it in if only he could So it spills out everywhere On he goes [Verse 3] There's a kid with melting ice cream There's his mother There's a man dressed far too well to get involved in any of this He does Ice cream on the jacket soot across a summer dress blue paint on a white shirt Nobody knows who put what on whom anymore And somewhere up ahead there he goes [Bridge] Maybe someone's waiting for him Maybe no one is Maybe it's a letter in his pocket Maybe it's just Tuesday Whatever it is it's bigger than he is today and there's no keeping it inside [Sudden Full Stop — all instruments cut instantly, complete silence] STOP! [Silence] And everybody does. Shoes on pavement. Hands held still. He stops too. Turns around. [Long pause] Oh. [Explosive Drop — full band and beat slam back in immediately] [Final Chorus] Then one foot moves another follows Someone laughs and there it goes Soot and flowers paint and ice cream Everybody finds the beat On he goes on he goes Dancing further down the road They don't follow They stay dancing He just leaves it where he goes [Outro] On he goes On he goes [Music cuts out abruptly] They don't.
