Jumping down these stairs The ground is growing up I'm getting close to hell now Red carpets burning blood The fever keeps me going Keeps me turning from my friends And I know right at the bottom That is where the party ends I tried another holiday Thought I'd see a different sun Thought something might well happen Thought I'd get to meet someone So I dragged my body over To the place where lovers meet I saw the people paying Not much love was on the street But I ate my disco biscuits And I drank my morning gin Got up late to watch the dancing Saw the barmen coming in I always drink my cocktails slowly And I suck the lemon skin Lost on a pleasure island And I can't recall the name Something about the pirates That had come across from Spain I walked the cocaine beaches As the sun beat down too hot Where an old man sold me oranges And a rich man bought a yacht Shadows from the fruit trees Grew longer as I went Started having memories Of where I was before Jumping down those stairs The floorboards growing up I'm getting close to hell now Red carpets burning blood