I met you in Peterborough for an hour But you weren't the same any more Your eyes were tired, the fire was out and your face was bored You wanted us to run away To Yarmouth and hold hands in the rain I wanted to, you had the best shoulders on any boy I'd ever seen It's never very far It's never very far to Peterborough We may not run away But I could be in Peterborough in an hour today In an hour ? I went on the trams in Yarmouth And cried on the Carousel I'm not talking to you, no you did it before You say 'you never get dressed up any more' I'd rather be in Sheffield than Peterborough It's never very far It's never very far to Peterborough We may not run away But I could be in Peterborough in an hour today In an hour It's been two years since I kissed you last Our modern romance is in the past I think of you on Platform 5 as we pull away So ring me up and we'll meet half way ? To Peterborough today With a drink for an hour at the station bar to Peterborough It's never very far It's never very far to Peterborough We may not run away But I could be in Peterborough in an hour today In an hour Yeah, yeah (x4) Yeah, yeah, Peterborough (x2) Yeah, yeah (x2)