The City

The city was too late for us
 I got there and you wanted to get away
 The city was too gray for us
 We slept through the blue skies
 Under clouds of the duvet
 And the streets were all to straight for us
 A parade of nobility seen from above
 But the city is to blame for us
 And what was our love
 The city makes you make a fuss
 It'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
 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
 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