The District Sleeps Alone Tonight (dj Downfall Persistent Beat Mix) Lyrics - Give Up - Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition (3xlp) - The Postal Service

Smeared black ink 

Your palms are sweaty. 

I'm barely listening 

To last demands. 

I'm staring at the asphalt wondering 

What's buried underneath. 

(Where I am) 

(Where I am) 

I wear my badge. 

A vinyl sticker with big block letters 

Adhering to my chest. 

It tells your new friends, 

"I am a visitor here." 

"I am not permanent." 

The only thing 

Keeping me dry is 

It seems so out of context 

In this gaudy apartment complex. 

A stranger with your door key 

Explaining that "I'm just visiting". 

I am finally seeing 

That I was the one worth leaving. 

I was the one worth leaving. 

DC sleeps alone tonight. 

It seems so out of context 

In the gaudy apartment complex. 

A stranger with your door key 

Explaining that "I'm just visiting". 

I am finally seeing 

That I was the one worth leaving. 

I was the one worth leaving. 

The district sleeps alone tonight 

After the bars turn out their lights 

And send the autos swerving 

Into the loneliest evening. 

I am finally seeing 

That I was the one worth leaving. 

I was the one worth leaving. 

I was the one worth leaving. 

I was the one worth leaving.