"Camden Town" lyrics

I can't sleep but when I sleep
I dream that I can't sleep
I can't sleep but when I sleep
I dream that I can't sleep

I lost a lover in Birmingham
To a rambling and a gambling man
I was a loser in Liverpool
So I walked away
(You have the right to be happy)
Manchester's a woman's town
If you can cultivate and stand your ground
But I landed on my feet in Camden
And now I can't walk away

From Camden town
From Camden town
From Camden town
Where I feel free

I can't sleep but when I sleep
I dream that I can't sleep

I left my home in suburbia
To get away from the hysteria
Too much of it will bury ya
So I just walked away
(You have the right to be happy)
Like a shadow with too much past
When the ink is dry and the die is cast
But at last I heard the bells in Belfast
So now I can't walk away

From Camden town
From Camden town
From Camden town
Where I feel free

I can't sleep but when I sleep
I dream that I can't sleep

If Joni calls
Tell her I've had trouble sleeping
Tell her I've the right to be happy
With the company I am keeping
As long as my heart is beating
If Joni calls

I can't sleep but when I sleep
I dream that I can't sleep

I met a lady in Kentish town
And we would drink until we were upside down
At a pub called the horse and swan
And we could barely walk away
(You have the right to be happy)
It might've been on Castlehaven road
Where the whiskey flowed until they closed
She was a vintage whiner
But I couldn't walk away

From Camden town
From Camden town
From Camden town
Where I am
In Camden town
Camden town
From Camden town
Where I feel
Camden town
Where I feel
Camden town
Where I feel free!

I can't sleep but when I sleep
I dream that I can't sleep
I can't sleep but when I sleep
I dream that I can't sleep
I can't sleep but when I sleep
I dream that I can't sleep
I can't sleep but when I sleep
I dream that I can't sleep