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Pretty pretty are the girls as they go by
Chilly chilly is the air under moonlit sky
The windows watch you as you walk along
And the streets lead back to where you started from
The cities watching and you can't get by
No matter where you hide you know the buildings have eyes
This place is lonely but you can't get away
No matter what you say you know the buildings have eyes
Silly silly are the thoughts that fill your head
Wish I'd never set out, wish I'd stayed in bed
You see reflections from across the street
So you better start movin', stop draggin' your feet
The cities watching and you can't get by
No matter where you hide you know the buildings have eyes
This place is lonely but you can't get away
No matter what you say you know the buildings have eyes
Money money, gotta get some money and run
It's an issue I find unenviable
It doesn't matter which way you turn
But you gotta keep trying because you never learn
The cities watching and you can't get by
No matter where you hide you know the buildings have eyes
This place is lonely but you can't get away
No matter what you say you know the buildings have eyes
Funny funny how the world goes round and round
You better watch your step don't make a sound
The windows watch you as you walk along
And the streets lead back to where you started from
The cities watching and you can't get by
No matter where you hide you know the buildings have eyes
This place is lonely but you can't get away
No matter what you say you know the buildings have eyes
Pretty pretty
Chilly chilly
Silly silly
Money money
Chilly chilly is the air under moonlit sky
The windows watch you as you walk along
And the streets lead back to where you started from
No matter where you hide you know the buildings have eyes
This place is lonely but you can't get away
No matter what you say you know the buildings have eyes
Wish I'd never set out, wish I'd stayed in bed
You see reflections from across the street
So you better start movin', stop draggin' your feet
No matter where you hide you know the buildings have eyes
This place is lonely but you can't get away
No matter what you say you know the buildings have eyes
It's an issue I find unenviable
It doesn't matter which way you turn
But you gotta keep trying because you never learn
No matter where you hide you know the buildings have eyes
This place is lonely but you can't get away
No matter what you say you know the buildings have eyes
You better watch your step don't make a sound
The windows watch you as you walk along
And the streets lead back to where you started from
No matter where you hide you know the buildings have eyes
This place is lonely but you can't get away
No matter what you say you know the buildings have eyes
Chilly chilly
Silly silly
Money money
Song Info
Submitted by
mellow_harsher On Dec 01, 2014
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This is one of my favorite songs of the album.
The way I see it, the author can't get over past mistakes he did, and has a low self-esteem.
The buildings represent these mistakes he did, and they have eyes because they look at him. He thinks that he can't become a better person, and he says to himself: "it doesn't matter which way you turn, but you gotta keep trying 'cause you'll never learn".
He tries to get away, walk away from this city to become a better person, but in the end, he finds himself where he started, as stated by the repetition of the first verses.