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
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!