The City

verse 1 The city was too late for us I got there and you wanted to get away The city was too grey for us We slept through the blue skies under clouds and the duvet And the streets are all too straight for us A parade of nobility seen from above The city is to blame for us And what was our love... What was... verse 2 The city makes you make a fuss There's places to meet up under the light The city's got its stake in us It's keeping receipts of our hello's and our hi's And everything is made of dust From the backs of the comets to the little street mice The city takes so long to get quiet And lust... wasn't sleeping that night Bridge Before we knew it, we knew it was right Before we blew it I didn't know that we might And now it's somebody's story And I'm not sorry that it's mine Before we knew it we were out of time verse 3 And the city says, "Oh, if I could..." But the rain-soaked battered view makes you not sure Am I walking in your neighbourhood? I was just driving by the rained-out streets where we once were And even though it's way too late Time seems to have stopped still where we stood You ran back in and you're somewhere in the city You're somewhere in the city and I hope you're good