Standing on a corner fall is in the air. When looking up at people remember not to stare. Seasons in the city. Seasons in the city. . From here to New York or Chicago.
Seany boy. Better get yourself in school. The teachers called to say you're just a fool. . But the end is near in their eyes. And the road seems clear in your skies.
When the water flows down. From her ocean of sadness. Look for me as I drown. In the sea of broken hearts. . Throw me nets, throw me hope. Throw me anything to hold.
Would you catch me if I was falling?. Would you answer if I was calling?. Could you love me with my eyes closed?. 'Cause I saw something and I don't know what to do.
When we were on the phone today. You told me what you had to say. That I was saying givin' up. The lovin' I had in store for you. . You felt that you weren't being treated true.
Shotgun alleys with lightning flowers. Under the eyes of fallen statues. Dry blood they've never seen. . Pain is sharper when I suspect. The true love runs looking for us.
In the middle of the night I'm growing secrets. Holding the choice in my hand, my beating heart. Some see an end, I see a way out. Starting with ashes I'm building fire.
Painted smile, but I don't feel the part. In dream I hold your knife over my heart. The edge is higher the closer I get. When I jump you move the net.
I got myself so tightly wound, I couldn't breathe. I could feel the fire burning underneath. . I wanted to get lost and love the questions there. Beauty and the truth I could breathe like air.
She can't tell time. She didn't get what she deserved. When faith went blind. She found the truth but lost her nerve. . When she won't act her age. The cat circles 'round the cage.
I'll be desperate, I'll be lonely. But I won't be ashamed. No isolation, no terror unnamed. You animated the dead to your dream. Say what you mean. . Destiny's still locomotive desire.
I went to the sun it was too hot. I went to the moon it was too cold. Went to the mountain it was too young. Went to the ocean it was too old. . Is it the same rain that falls on a holy man.
The camera angles and the name campaigns. The stare cuts and the latest extremes. The way we sell ourselves, the way we spend our greed. How long it takes to hear our dreams?.
I thought you might want to stay if I put my guitar away. Quit the band and came home to stay but that wouldn't do. And this old guitar of mine used to ease my troubled mind.
Grease in our hair, hands in our pockets. We stood and stared at cars goin' past. We placed our bets, where they were headed. And held our cigarettes like movie stars.
Me and Junior, Sunny and Steve. Hangin' at the fillin' station. And drinkin' cokes out by the grease rack. A week before graduation. . Tellin' lies 'bout the girls we knew.
Me and Junior, Sunny and Steve. Hangin' at the fillin' station. And drinkin' cokes out by the grease rack. A week before graduation. . Tellin' lies 'bout the girls we knew.
We go out to a party somewhere. The moment we walk in the door. People stop and everybody stares. She don't know what they're starin' for. . She don't know she's beautiful.
Each night you show up about a quarter to two. And in my dreams you always come true. And for awhile it's just like old times. But before I know it, you say goodbye.