The City I came form the desert Where for miles you could see Where the weight of the space Blurred your waking and dreaming And if a stranger appeared at a distance it seemed I was helpless as someone was walking Right through me Why'd I get on that train? Where came my money? It came in a letter that was perfumed and sweet The smell of which rekindled All my long lost feelings Next time I'm locking out a feeling I'll be ditching that mother fucking key For keeps
Well I went where the people They walk like statues I got climbing up a stairwell in the gloom Number 14 stank of flowers and cruelty And the air was so hued It was like through an ocean I was steering And sure enough she steered me Where she wanted me to And if you'd seen her my friend I recon you'd agree too She does for lovin' what a war does for truth Here come the lies By land and by sea
Raining down metal Chambers awaking from sleep
We went deep into winter Sleep rolled me like waves While she kept a vigil On her house like a maze I should have beat her or killed her Or just ran away But she held me together Just long enough To keep me deranged
Well I've been living in a shelter That is far from pretty You gotta wonder why I stayed here in the city Where the clouds full of concrete And you're dead on your feet It all comes down to a simple convenience You come as you go Stay as you leave I came from the desert where for miles you can see To this 8 by 10 room A tab of morphine Getting lost in yourself is that much easier Where the scrapers point skywards Like guns pointed out to sea