steppin' out from underneath my shadow

walking home from fridays nine to five

rememberin' the long way round the meadow

the one we used to take from time to time



I thought about you

how you must have changed now baby

far away from me

how I used to savour all your kisses

where no one else could see



exchanging knowing glances across the schoolroom

dreamin' of a love down by the sea

changing plans to cover up for one another

working on our secret fantasy



but now as I walk down the road to your house baby

there's no one there but me

how I wish that I could steal your kisses

just as they used to be

and I wanna know



Tracie, where are you now girl

I don't know why this feeling's so strong

Tracie, where have you been

you know there's no one now to tell us we're wrong



countin' by the street lights to the phone box

where we used to meet before the dawn

smoking on the top floor of the school bus

promising the moon as we rode along



but now if I saw you across a crowded dance floor

or somewhere in the town

would you show me what I have been missing

and spin me round and round



Tracie, where are you now girl

I don't know why this feeling's so strong

Tracie, where have you been

you know there's no one now to tell us we're wrong



'cause deep inside from some other place

I turn to find we're there face to face

we laugh, we cry, we work and we play

as love filled night gives way to the day



(repeat chorus)