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Orange sky don't go
Manhattan looks like someplace else
Cloudy with a low fog shelf
Into the crowded streets I go
Eventually they lead me back home
Where we used to live, I live along and into bed I go
I wish I could tell you just how I felt
I don't pray I smile and say goodnight to myself
And when I close my eyes
I feel like a page
With a crossed out name
With a crossed out name
I kiss her mouth and I know
For everything there is a word
For everything but this
I like the dresses, the shoes, and the clothes
And everything you know that goes
With loving a girl I supposed
I Wish I could tell you just how I'm hurt
Then point the location and turn the universe
And when I close my eyes
I see a fire so blank
And my crossed out name
Crossed-out names
I see a crossed out name
I see a crossed out name
Manhattan looks like someplace else
Cloudy with a low fog shelf
Eventually they lead me back home
Where we used to live, I live along and into bed I go
I don't pray I smile and say goodnight to myself
And when I close my eyes
I feel like a page
With a crossed out name
With a crossed out name
For everything there is a word
For everything but this
And everything you know that goes
With loving a girl I supposed
Then point the location and turn the universe
And when I close my eyes
I see a fire so blank
And my crossed out name
Crossed-out names
I see a crossed out name
I see a crossed out name
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Is it "Man, heaven looks..."? I hear "Manhattan looks..." Regardless, Adams is classic with this song. Really shows his songwriting genius with this one: seems to put into words something intimate that only a guy with a romantic history can do.
Yep, it's "Manhattan." A bunch of other stuff is slightly off or missing here; I'll submit the right ones and see what happens.
Beautiful song though...lonely as hell!
One of my favorite tracks on Cardinology. So good. Does it remind anyone else of something Whiskeytown might have done?
@drudo182 when he first "leaked" it via sock puppets on youtube, this tune completely reminded me of a Whiskeytown song (rough cut, acoustic only, just him, still working with it) ...and two years later, it holds up as every thing this man writes does. amazing song.