In The City

歌詞

Chalk one up for the street Mark one down for the city One more grown baby boy is sleepin' on the sidewalk tonight Wide round eyes, wide round lights Can be full but without substance In an instant you can hear an angel Spread its wings and fly away You're in the city Where you lay down your dreams You can feel it, through the sidewalk A heartbeat beneath your feet Where they'll let you smell the water Then tell you "you can't drink, You're in the city now" There's a cry, there's a roar There's a howl that never ends There's a silence that runs wide as it runs deep And unspoken, broken people Lying in the doorways The light within them sputters and flickers Like it almost had never been You're in the city Where you lay down your dreams You can feel it, through the sidewalk A heartbeat beneath your feet Where they'll let you smell the water Then tell you "you can't drink, You're in the city now" There's a light and it is you There's a light and it is me There's a hope that's round and hollow As a paper moon on a string We can be perfect, we can be stronger Saints are sinners who just tried longer I am certainly no saint But I surely heard the call You're in the city Where you lay down your dreams You can feel it, through the sidewalk A heartbeat beneath your feet Where they'll let you smell the water Then tell you "you can't drink, You're in the city now"