Mortal City Lyrics

Song	Mortal City
Artist	Dar Williams
Album	Mortal City
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	作词 : Williams
	She never should have rented this apartment in the Mortal City
	The cold comes though evey crack she puts her hand up to
	The radiator's broken, so she has to use electric heat.
	And tonight was the first date with the brother of the guy she worked next to
	He lived a couple streets awa
	He listened, he had things to say
	She asked him up for dinner sometime
	Sometime was tonight
	The radio gave updates on the ice storm while she made the dinner
	They said, from all the talk, you shouldn't drive or even walk
	And this just in -- We're asking everyone to turn off their power
	They need it at the hostpital.
	She ran around pulling plugs, then she called him up
	Maybe now they shouldn't meet, he said that he would brave the streets
	She met him at the door with a blanket and a candle
	Saying, I heard it on the radio, I had to turn my power off.
	He said you're not the only one, the streets were dark tonight,
	It was like another century
	With dim lamps and candles lighting up the icy trees and the clouds and a covered moon.
	She said what kind of people make a city
	Where you can't see the sky and you can't feel the ground?
	I tell you something, I have this feeling that this city's dying
	He said, it's not dying it's the people who are dying
	She said, yes yes I think the people are dying and nobody cares.
	We had all this technology our dreams were bold and vague
	And then one city got bad planners, one city got the plague.
	He asked why did you move here? She said, for the job
	For the job and I've been so lonely here, so lonely
	There's no one I can talk to, you know I don't even know your brother.
	He smiled and said, sometimes at night I walk out by the river
	The city's one big town, the water turns it upside down
	people found this city because they love other people
	They want their secretaries, they want their power lunches.
	And think about tonight, I heard the same newscast you did
	I unplugged everything, I looked out the window
	And I think the city heard, I watched as one by one the lights went off
	So they could give their power to the hospital
	They ate in silence while she thought this over,
	They sat together in a dark room in the Mortal City
	Shifting in their blankets so they wouldn't get spaghetti on them.
	Then came the awkward moment after dinner, what to do,
	The ice was still falling, the streets were still dangerous
	The cabs were not running and this neighborhood was not the greatest.
	They both looked at the space where a couch would've been
	She felt her stomach sink, she felt like she could hardly think
	She said, I never should have rented this apartment in the Mortal City
	The cold comes through eve crack I put my hand up to
	The radiator doesn't work, I have to use electric heat.
	That settled it, they would both sleep in her bed
	It was a matter of survival.
	She brought out teeshirts, sweatshirts, sweatpants, socks, hats
	If there was ever any thought of what would happen in that bed tonight
	There wa no question now
	They could barely move
	They were wrapped up like ornaments waiting for another season.
	They lay in bed, they listened to the pelting ice
	He said my brother's not a bad guy, he's just quiet
	I wished you liked this city
	She said, maybe I do.
	I think I have a special kind of hearing tonight
	I hear the neighbors upstairs
	I hear my heart beating
	I hear one thousand hearts beating at the hospital
	And one thousand hearts by their bedsides waiting
	Saying that's my love in the white gown,
	We are not lost in the Mortal City
	We are not lost in the Mortal City

	zuo ci : Williams
	She never should have rented this apartment in the Mortal City
	The cold comes though evey crack she puts her hand up to
	The radiator' s broken, so she has to use electric heat.
	And tonight was the first date with the brother of the guy she worked next to
	He lived a couple streets awa
	He listened, he had things to say
	She asked him up for dinner sometime
	Sometime was tonight
	The radio gave updates on the ice storm while she made the dinner
	They said, from all the talk, you shouldn' t drive or even walk
	And this just in We' re asking everyone to turn off their power
	They need it at the hostpital.
	She ran around pulling plugs, then she called him up
	Maybe now they shouldn' t meet, he said that he would brave the streets
	She met him at the door with a blanket and a candle
	Saying, I heard it on the radio, I had to turn my power off.
	He said you' re not the only one, the streets were dark tonight,
	It was like another century
	With dim lamps and candles lighting up the icy trees and the clouds and a covered moon.
	She said what kind of people make a city
	Where you can' t see the sky and you can' t feel the ground?
	I tell you something, I have this feeling that this city' s dying
	He said, it' s not dying it' s the people who are dying
	She said, yes yes I think the people are dying and nobody cares.
	We had all this technology our dreams were bold and vague
	And then one city got bad planners, one city got the plague.
	He asked why did you move here? She said, for the job
	For the job and I' ve been so lonely here, so lonely
	There' s no one I can talk to, you know I don' t even know your brother.
	He smiled and said, sometimes at night I walk out by the river
	The city' s one big town, the water turns it upside down
	people found this city because they love other people
	They want their secretaries, they want their power lunches.
	And think about tonight, I heard the same newscast you did
	I unplugged everything, I looked out the window
	And I think the city heard, I watched as one by one the lights went off
	So they could give their power to the hospital
	They ate in silence while she thought this over,
	They sat together in a dark room in the Mortal City
	Shifting in their blankets so they wouldn' t get spaghetti on them.
	Then came the awkward moment after dinner, what to do,
	The ice was still falling, the streets were still dangerous
	The cabs were not running and this neighborhood was not the greatest.
	They both looked at the space where a couch would' ve been
	She felt her stomach sink, she felt like she could hardly think
	She said, I never should have rented this apartment in the Mortal City
	The cold comes through eve crack I put my hand up to
	The radiator doesn' t work, I have to use electric heat.
	That settled it, they would both sleep in her bed
	It was a matter of survival.
	She brought out teeshirts, sweatshirts, sweatpants, socks, hats
	If there was ever any thought of what would happen in that bed tonight
	There wa no question now
	They could barely move
	They were wrapped up like ornaments waiting for another season.
	They lay in bed, they listened to the pelting ice
	He said my brother' s not a bad guy, he' s just quiet
	I wished you liked this city
	She said, maybe I do.
	I think I have a special kind of hearing tonight
	I hear the neighbors upstairs
	I hear my heart beating
	I hear one thousand hearts beating at the hospital
	And one thousand hearts by their bedsides waiting
	Saying that' s my love in the white gown,
	We are not lost in the Mortal City
	We are not lost in the Mortal City

	zuò cí : Williams
	She never should have rented this apartment in the Mortal City
	The cold comes though evey crack she puts her hand up to
	The radiator' s broken, so she has to use electric heat.
	And tonight was the first date with the brother of the guy she worked next to
	He lived a couple streets awa
	He listened, he had things to say
	She asked him up for dinner sometime
	Sometime was tonight
	The radio gave updates on the ice storm while she made the dinner
	They said, from all the talk, you shouldn' t drive or even walk
	And this just in We' re asking everyone to turn off their power
	They need it at the hostpital.
	She ran around pulling plugs, then she called him up
	Maybe now they shouldn' t meet, he said that he would brave the streets
	She met him at the door with a blanket and a candle
	Saying, I heard it on the radio, I had to turn my power off.
	He said you' re not the only one, the streets were dark tonight,
	It was like another century
	With dim lamps and candles lighting up the icy trees and the clouds and a covered moon.
	She said what kind of people make a city
	Where you can' t see the sky and you can' t feel the ground?
	I tell you something, I have this feeling that this city' s dying
	He said, it' s not dying it' s the people who are dying
	She said, yes yes I think the people are dying and nobody cares.
	We had all this technology our dreams were bold and vague
	And then one city got bad planners, one city got the plague.
	He asked why did you move here? She said, for the job
	For the job and I' ve been so lonely here, so lonely
	There' s no one I can talk to, you know I don' t even know your brother.
	He smiled and said, sometimes at night I walk out by the river
	The city' s one big town, the water turns it upside down
	people found this city because they love other people
	They want their secretaries, they want their power lunches.
	And think about tonight, I heard the same newscast you did
	I unplugged everything, I looked out the window
	And I think the city heard, I watched as one by one the lights went off
	So they could give their power to the hospital
	They ate in silence while she thought this over,
	They sat together in a dark room in the Mortal City
	Shifting in their blankets so they wouldn' t get spaghetti on them.
	Then came the awkward moment after dinner, what to do,
	The ice was still falling, the streets were still dangerous
	The cabs were not running and this neighborhood was not the greatest.
	They both looked at the space where a couch would' ve been
	She felt her stomach sink, she felt like she could hardly think
	She said, I never should have rented this apartment in the Mortal City
	The cold comes through eve crack I put my hand up to
	The radiator doesn' t work, I have to use electric heat.
	That settled it, they would both sleep in her bed
	It was a matter of survival.
	She brought out teeshirts, sweatshirts, sweatpants, socks, hats
	If there was ever any thought of what would happen in that bed tonight
	There wa no question now
	They could barely move
	They were wrapped up like ornaments waiting for another season.
	They lay in bed, they listened to the pelting ice
	He said my brother' s not a bad guy, he' s just quiet
	I wished you liked this city
	She said, maybe I do.
	I think I have a special kind of hearing tonight
	I hear the neighbors upstairs
	I hear my heart beating
	I hear one thousand hearts beating at the hospital
	And one thousand hearts by their bedsides waiting
	Saying that' s my love in the white gown,
	We are not lost in the Mortal City
	We are not lost in the Mortal City

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