Look at all the people around me,
Same old faces joining the queue
For return to Waterloo,
Return to Waterloo

Started off this morning as usual,
Checkin' out the mail and all the bills to pay
Maybe something special's gonna happen,
Maybe this is my lucky day

The forecast says heavy weather,
So take your umbrella just in case
Will I get away, will I see it through,
On the return to Waterloo

Return to Waterloo
Return to Waterloo

Somehow you feel that the world's been passin' you by
Can't help thinkin' somehow they're living a lie
Now I'm asking questions, I never thought I'd ask them before,
Like "why" or "how" or "what am I doing it for?"

Will I reach my destination,
Or will I get off along the way?
Will I reach my destination?

Will I reach my destination,
Have I stopped or am I only going slow?
Have we got a couple more stations,
Or is this as far as we all go?

The headlines cry out from the papers,
"Inflation," "murder," "wars," who really wants to know?
If I return to Waterloo,
It'll cost me more in 1992

Will I get away,
Will I see it through?
And come back home to you,
On the return to Waterloo