You can go out dancing
And I'll write about you, dancing without you
And I'll shed a tear between my legs

When you were here, I missed you
Now that you're away, I'm out there without you
And I shed a tear between my legs

Though we live in the same city
You live in another state far away from me and all of my unfaded charms
But when the rocket ships all fall, and the bridges - they all buckle
And everybody's packing up their station wagons
There's a number you can call, like a breast that you can suckle
And we quietly will exit as it all is happening

Again, I'm afraid of one thing
Will I walk away from love knowing nothing, wearing my heart between my legs?
But when I know you're naked, lying on the bed while I'm at the piano
All I can say is I can't fake it

When the rocket ships all fall, and the bridges - they all buckle
And everybody's packing up their station wagons
There's a number you can call, like a breast that you can suckle
And we quietly will exit as it all is happening again
'Cause there's a river running underground, underneath the town towards the sea
That only I know all about
On which from this city we can flee
('Cause there's a river running underground, underneath the town towards the sea
That only I know all about
On which from this city we can flee)
On which from this city we can flee
(We can flee)


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    I think this song is about lust. He says

    'Now that you're away, I'm out there without you And I shed a tear between my legs'

    I took that to mean that he's sad the other person is not there but he's only sad between his legs...not in his heart. And later he says:

    'I'm afraid of one thing, Will I walk away from love knowing nothing, wearing my heart between my legs?'

    He's afraid he'll never find real love and that his relationships are only going to be based on lust.

    Also : "Though we live in the same city, You live in another state far away from me "

    They are physically close but they're not really there for each other.

    One of my favorite tracks off the new cd!

    mandibgoodon May 27, 2007   Link

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