If You Know What I Mean

When the night returns just like a friend

When the evening comes to set me free

When the quiet hours that wait beyond the day

Make peaceful sounds in me

Took a drag from my last cigarette

Took a drink from a glass of old wine

Closed my eyes and I could make it real

And feel it one more time

Can you hear it, babe?

Can you hear it, babe?

From another time

From another place

Do you remember it, babe?

And the radio played like a carnival tune

As we lay our bed in the other room

And we gave it away for the sake of a dream

In a penny arcade

If you know what I mean

If you know what I mean

And here's to the songs we used to sing

And here's to the times we used to know

It's hard to hold them in our arms again

But hard to let them go

Do you hear it, babe?

Do you hear it, babe?

It was another time

It was another place

Do you remember it, babe?

And the radio played like a carnival tune

As we lay our bed in the other room

And we gave it away for the sake of a dream

In a penny arcade

If you know what I mean

If you know what I mean

If you know what I mean

If you know what I mean

If you know what I mean, babe, if you know what I mean