Local Boy In The Photograph

[Verse 1] There's no mistake, I smell that smell It's that time of year again I can taste the air [Verse 2] The clocks go back, railway track Something blocks the line again And the train runs late for the first time [Verse 3] A pebble beach, we're underneath A pier that's just been painted red Where I heard the news for the first time [Chorus] And all the friends lay down the flowers Sit on the banks and drink for hours Talk of the way they saw him last Local boy in the photograph Today [Verse 4] He'll always be 23 Yet the train runs on and on Past the place they found his clothing [Repeat Verse 1] [Repeat Verse 2] [Chorus] He's gone away