City Swans Lyrics
I'll meet you in the street
At the place by the old fire station
We'll get something to eat
Like we talked about
It's been a while now
I've got so many things I could tell you
If my stubborn mouth doesn't let me down
You're made of something different than I know
But centipedes invade my thoughts
Without free will I heel and I go
I step onto that metal plate
Where it meets the dazzling sound of trains
And I beg those trains to run
You're made from something different than I know
It's gum holding your feet
I swear under my breath
Because I'm starving in your gravity
You're made from something different than I know
I see your gun is drawn with the safety on
You can walk me back to my hotel
Like it was home
And I smell those fools you made cordwood of
In petty dreams that leave me sleeping here, in your arms
City swans
You're made from something different than I know
That I looked down and I realized
I'd been sailing so long I'd become the shore
City swans

Help out with the missing lyrics, folks! Tough to hear some of the words...

Lyrics as I heard them:
Baby, come out I'll meet you in the street at the place by the old fire station We'll get something to eat, like we talked about
Baby, come down It's been a while now I've got so many things I could tell you, If my stubborn mouth doesn't let me down
And I can't look at you straight on You're made from something different than I know
Try to slip the marching clock, But centipedes invade my thoughts Without free will I heel and I go
You step on to that metal plate Where it meets the dazzling sound of trains, And I beg those trains to run,
'Cause I can't look at you straight on You're made from something different than I know
My eyes are on the sidewalk And it's gung-ho to your feet I swear under my breath because I'm starving in your gravity
You're made from something different than I know
Linger just a little long I see your gun is drawn, with the safety on You can't walk me back to my hotel like it was home
And I smell those fools you make hardwood of in petty dreams that leave me sleeping here, In your arms City swans, our crooked necks long City swans
I can't look at you straight on You're made from something different than I know
And it breaks my heart just like the day that I looked down And I realized I'd been sailing so long I'd become the shore City swans, our crooked necks long City swans
Take that as you will!

Added lyrics from the official booklet
Thanks! Just got mine, good stuff.
Thanks! Just got mine, good stuff.

New posted lyrics are from me.
From the booklet with a small edit to what was actually sung.

New posted lyrics are from me.
From the booklet with a small edit to what was actually sung.

This song—mentioned to me, knowing n all...towards me, by a long old time love once it was burnt down and passed. His meaning, I didn’t get really, but damn if I don’t listen hard to this now and again, and hurt.