Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
(The Street)
Angel:
New York City --
Mark:
Uh huh
Angel:
Center of the universe
Collins:
Sing it girl --
Angel:
Times are shitty
But I'm pretty sure they can't get worse
Mark:
I hear you
Angel:
It's a comfort to know
When you're singing the hit-the-road blues
That anywhere else you could possibly go
After New York would be a pleasure cruise
Collins:
Now you're talking
Well, I'm thwarted by a metaphysic puzzle
And I'm sick of grading papers -- that I know
And I'm shouting in my sleep, I need a muzzle
All this misery pays no salary, so
Let's open up a restaurant in Santa Fe
Oh sunny Santa Fe would be nice
Let's open up a restaurant in Santa Fe
And leave this to the roaches and mice
Collins:
Oh -- oh
All:
Oh --
Angel:
You teach?
Collins:
-- I teach -- Computer Age Philosophy
But my students would rather watch TV
Angel:
America
All:
America!
Collins:
You're a sensitive aesthete
Brush the sauce onto the meat
You could make the menu sparkle with rhyme
You could drum a gentle drum
I could seat guests as they come
Chatting not about Heidegger, but wine!
(with homeless people in the shadows)
Let's open up a restaurant in Santa Fe
Our labors would reap financial gains
All:
Gains, gains, gains
Collins:
We'll open up a restaurant in Santa Fe
And save from devastation our brains
Homeless:
Save our brains
All:
We'll pack up all our junk and fly so far away
Devote ourselves to projects that sell
We'll open up a restaurant in Santa Fe
Forget this cold Bohemian hell
Oh--
All:
Oh--
Collins:
Do you know the way to Santa Fe?
You know, tumbleweeds...prairie dogs...
Yeah
Angel:
New York City --
Mark:
Uh huh
Angel:
Center of the universe
Collins:
Sing it girl --
Angel:
Times are shitty
But I'm pretty sure they can't get worse
Mark:
I hear you
Angel:
It's a comfort to know
When you're singing the hit-the-road blues
That anywhere else you could possibly go
After New York would be a pleasure cruise
Collins:
Now you're talking
Well, I'm thwarted by a metaphysic puzzle
And I'm sick of grading papers -- that I know
And I'm shouting in my sleep, I need a muzzle
All this misery pays no salary, so
Let's open up a restaurant in Santa Fe
Oh sunny Santa Fe would be nice
Let's open up a restaurant in Santa Fe
And leave this to the roaches and mice
Collins:
Oh -- oh
All:
Oh --
Angel:
You teach?
Collins:
-- I teach -- Computer Age Philosophy
But my students would rather watch TV
Angel:
America
All:
America!
Collins:
You're a sensitive aesthete
Brush the sauce onto the meat
You could make the menu sparkle with rhyme
You could drum a gentle drum
I could seat guests as they come
Chatting not about Heidegger, but wine!
(with homeless people in the shadows)
Let's open up a restaurant in Santa Fe
Our labors would reap financial gains
All:
Gains, gains, gains
Collins:
We'll open up a restaurant in Santa Fe
And save from devastation our brains
Homeless:
Save our brains
All:
We'll pack up all our junk and fly so far away
Devote ourselves to projects that sell
We'll open up a restaurant in Santa Fe
Forget this cold Bohemian hell
Oh--
All:
Oh--
Collins:
Do you know the way to Santa Fe?
You know, tumbleweeds...prairie dogs...
Yeah
Lyrics submitted by Eggos=yum
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