Starting From Scratch Songtext
von Roman Candle

It′s a long walk down from my door to the Cadogan Hotel
But I make it every night when the sky gets dark
And the Serpentine is black and doesn't show a single star
And I′m just off work and walking through the park
Girls in evening clothes are talking on the phone
Got their bags from Knightsbridge and they're walking home
Can't distract me honey I know where I′m going
To sit down with a G&T and watch the night so long


But the drinks they pour at this bar never run too cheap
And I got no plans to meet anyone it′s clear
But the history in this postal code runs deep
And it's probably lost on most of the ones in here
I can′t say for certain honey where I'm bound
Got no rich relations got no extra time
When they shut this bar tonight I know I′m going out
To walk down by the riverbank and watch the night so fine

I don't know how other folks get by
But there′s one thing that I've learned for fact
There's a music you can only hear
When you′re starting from scratch

A roach′s wings are fluttering softly in
In the midnight of this quiet land
There's a music you can only hear
When you′re starting from scratch