Well, here I am in Amsterdam 
As winter waves goodbye...
Almost seven in the morning 
And I'm walking all alone
And the moon's still in the sky.
And I have to laugh just thinking 
How I've never found a home.
Pillows yes, to lay my head, 
But I've mostly been alone.

Oh, Amsterdam, can you tell me 
What kind of man I am?
A walker in the rain, 
A dancer in the sand, 
Or just an insane music man?
Oh, Amsterdam, I'm barely 
Hanging on by a single strand.
All I really know is I don't understand.
I'm just waking up alone in Amsterdam.

A boy I see in a window there, 
I can't help looking in.
As someone's arms pull him back to bed, 
I'm thinking what a fool I've been.
And the moon is trapped in an old canal 
Like a madman in a cell.
And I'm thinking how I'd like to know 
Just one place very well.

Oh, Amsterdam, can you tell me 
What kind of man I am?
A walker in the rain, 
A dancer in the sand, 
Or just an insane music man?
Oh, Amsterdam, I'm barely 
Hanging on by a single strand.
All I really know is I don't understand.
I'm just waking up alone in Amsterdam.