leave this city

 

gone forever -- the writing on the wall
& they've boarded up the cinema
strawberry dreams in the dust-filled beams
shut down in a modern town
see you walking
see you talking

recollection on streets you used to know
forgotten pleasures smoulder
the images fade but the town won't let them go
sleepwalking
see you talking
feel this city inside you
leave this city behind you

drive wherever the roads will take you to
down beside a river frozen brown
january days in the scarecrow trees
so cold -- feel your ears burn
see you walking
see you talking
feel this city inside you
leave this city behind you

past & present -- they converge on every side
the wires all get tangled
we now & then collide
bittersweet taste of a time & another place before
sleepwalking
see you talking
feel this city inside you
feel this city define you
leave this city behind you