The City Lyrics

	Now I notice the streetlamp’s hum
	The ghosts of graffiti they couldn’t quite erase
	The blank-faced stares on the subway
	As the people go home
	The parks lay empty like my unmade bed
	The streets are silent like my lifeless telephone
	And this is where
	I live, but
	I’ve never felt less at home
	So I’m not unsympathetic
	I see why you left
	There’s no one to know
	There’s nothing to do
	The city’s been dead
	Since you’ve been gone…
	Sometimes
	I stand on my roof at night
	And watch, as something seems to happen somewhere else
	I feel like the breeze will pick me up and carry me away
	Out and over this iridescent grid
	Up and away from the bar fights and neon lights
	Out and away from everything that makes me what
	I am So I’m not unsympathetic
	I see why you left
	There’s no one to know
	There’s nothing to do
	The city’s been dead
	Since you’ve been gone…
	Oh I never had just whatever it is you want, baby
	And I really tried,
	I tried with all my might—it made me crazy
	To try to figure out what it is
	I’ve done wrong every time
	When everything
	I love, everything
	I hold dear
	Heads out sometime
	And all I ever say now is good-bye.

	Now I notice the streetlamp' s hum
	The ghosts of graffiti they couldn' t quite erase
	The blankfaced stares on the subway
	As the people go home
	The parks lay empty like my unmade bed
	The streets are silent like my lifeless telephone
	And this is where
	I live, but
	I' ve never felt less at home
	So I' m not unsympathetic
	I see why you left
	There' s no one to know
	There' s nothing to do
	The city' s been dead
	Since you' ve been gone
	Sometimes
	I stand on my roof at night
	And watch, as something seems to happen somewhere else
	I feel like the breeze will pick me up and carry me away
	Out and over this iridescent grid
	Up and away from the bar fights and neon lights
	Out and away from everything that makes me what
	I am So I' m not unsympathetic
	I see why you left
	There' s no one to know
	There' s nothing to do
	The city' s been dead
	Since you' ve been gone
	Oh I never had just whatever it is you want, baby
	And I really tried,
	I tried with all my might it made me crazy
	To try to figure out what it is
	I' ve done wrong every time
	When everything
	I love, everything
	I hold dear
	Heads out sometime
	And all I ever say now is goodbye.

	Now I notice the streetlamp' s hum
	The ghosts of graffiti they couldn' t quite erase
	The blankfaced stares on the subway
	As the people go home
	The parks lay empty like my unmade bed
	The streets are silent like my lifeless telephone
	And this is where
	I live, but
	I' ve never felt less at home
	So I' m not unsympathetic
	I see why you left
	There' s no one to know
	There' s nothing to do
	The city' s been dead
	Since you' ve been gone
	Sometimes
	I stand on my roof at night
	And watch, as something seems to happen somewhere else
	I feel like the breeze will pick me up and carry me away
	Out and over this iridescent grid
	Up and away from the bar fights and neon lights
	Out and away from everything that makes me what
	I am So I' m not unsympathetic
	I see why you left
	There' s no one to know
	There' s nothing to do
	The city' s been dead
	Since you' ve been gone
	Oh I never had just whatever it is you want, baby
	And I really tried,
	I tried with all my might it made me crazy
	To try to figure out what it is
	I' ve done wrong every time
	When everything
	I love, everything
	I hold dear
	Heads out sometime
	And all I ever say now is goodbye.

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