Crashed Out in Venice

 From a collection of songs we call “Rock Around Europe”

Well, I’m lying on the station and the platform’s cold and hard

And I wish I’d never left behind my student union card

Then it might have been different, it might’ve saved the day

It might’ve saved the night

Alright..

Backed by student solidarity, would the hostel let me stay? – Hey! That ain’t right

It’s all these other young adventurers that kept me on the streets, tonight

 

Crashed out in Venice, got no place to stay

Something in me tells me there must be a better way

I was dazed, I was tired, so I stopped here for the night

Room service is appalling – I can’t get a room

Though I tried, yes I tried, believe me, how I tried..

 

Well, I’m lying on the station and I’m feeling clean as trash

To think, if I’d worked harder, then I might have brought more cash

Then it might have been different, it might’ve saved the night

It might’ve saved the day

OK..

Another forty thousand Lire, I’d have the pick of the town tonight – I’d just pay

But no, this saturated city’s not got any place to stay tonight

 

I was dazed, I was tired, so I stopped here for the night

The Venetian Blues are getting me down, this just isn’t right

Crashed out in Venice, got no place to stay

Something in me tells me there must be a better way..

Yes, a better way

 

And I’m still lying on the station, paralised like stone

Cold as Mother’s freezer tray and rigid like a bone

But it might have been different, it might have saved the night

If I’d only brought a sleeping bag, it might’ve been alright

Should have brought that sleeping bag..