Washed up in Coketown, down and halfway dead
Holes in my pockets, holes in my head
I was walking on the water, I was staring at the blue
I was walking down the street & I started falling through
SO HERE'S TO YOU, WHOEVER YOU MAY BE
YOU THAT HELD ME UP WHEN I WAS SINKING IN
THE SEA
IF YOU WERE IN KILTARTAN & ME IN KATMANDU
I STILL WOULD NOT FORGET YOU, I WOULD DO
THE SAME FOR YOU
Half a million strangers without a hand to lend
Anyone I talked to was my oldest friend
A barman or a policeman a lamppost or a dog
I heard the Virgin Mary singing in the fog