Close Orbit: Planet Cheese (Space Germany)

[Intro] Mmm, mm-mm... Somewhere, that old radio still plays... Mmm, mm-mm... A long way from here... [Verse 1] On Rind Street, all the shops closed at five, Miss Ada swept the pavement clean. Her little radio behind the till Played songs from worlds we'd never seen. I brought the yellow dust home on my shoes, Our front door stuck whenever it rained. My mother sang to make it open, And I still remember the refrain. [Pre-Chorus] I saved enough for a one-way flight, Packed up my whole life overnight. I thought I'd never miss those streets... Funny what the years can teach. [Chorus] Take me back to the planet Cheese, Where the windows held the afternoon. Where we danced between the kitchen chairs To a song we only half-knew. I've been to a hundred distant worlds, Made a life I thought I needed. But the record turns, and there I am, A child on the planet Cheese. [Post-Chorus] (Planet Cheese...) I can hear that door. (Planet Cheese...) And the old wood floor. Ooh, take me home, Just for one song more. [Instrumental Break] [Verse 2] In this apartment, kettles whistle sharp, The hallway never knows my step. I buy the bread we used to have, But there's a taste I can't collect. A postcard came with slanted ink: "They painted Ada's shutters green." I read it twice, and suddenly I heard her radio at seventeen. And I remembered rainy afternoons, The worn-out sofa by the stairs. The way my father cleared his throat Before he'd ask if I'd be there. [Pre-Chorus] The ink had blurred around the date, And there I was, too young to wait. I used to think that growing meant Forgetting everywhere I'd been. [Chorus] Take me back to the planet Cheese, Where the windows held the afternoon. Where we danced between the kitchen chairs To a song we only half-knew. I've been to a hundred distant worlds, Made a life I thought I needed. But the record turns, and there I am, A child on the planet Cheese. [Post-Chorus] (Planet Cheese...) I can hear that door. (Planet Cheese...) And the old wood floor. Ooh, take me home, Just for one song more. [Bridge] Maybe if I went back now, The houses would seem small. Maybe Ada's shop is gone, And nobody remembers me at all. Maybe those golden rolling hills Have weathered into different shapes. And all the people in my photographs Have learned to live with empty space. But somewhere in that kitchen, The evening settles in. And I can almost hear my mother Start that little song again. [Instrumental Build] [Final Chorus] Take me back to the planet Cheese, Where the windows held the afternoon. Where we danced between the kitchen chairs To a song we only half-knew. I've seen a hundred distant worlds, And I don't wish that I'd never seen them. But there's a little part of me Still living on the planet Cheese. [Outro] And if the shops still close at five, If Ada's radio still plays, Leave the kitchen light on low... I'll be home one of these days. Mmm, mm-mm... That little planet Cheese... [Whispered] I remember everything.