"I can feel no sense of measure
No illusions as we take
Refuge in young man's pleasure
Breaking down the dreams we make real"
Here yes is in a timeless bubble, playing what they dreamed to make and exercise their songs to a large audience with no sense of memory, only drifting from one town to another in a zen feeling.
"One down one to go
Another town and one more show
Downtown they're giving away
But she never came back"
They're on tour, they have no roots, just never fulling landing. Coming off stage they own it down town, and he met a girl during the tour, but she never came back.
"No phone can take your place
Do you know what I mean"
He had an affair but now he's having to call her.
"We have the same intrigue
As a court of kings"
They both believed during the affair he was a king and they were famous but he has to leave it.
Ah leave it, ah leave it
Dit, dit, dit, dit, dit, dit, dit
Doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot
"Two down there you go
McArthur Park in the driving snow"
They just finished now the next tour and it's unromantic - pushing through the snow to get to the tour.
"Uptown they're digging it out
Better lay your claim"
You rest and party and the business is still going. You have to constantly be on the scene to keep the momentum even if you don't feel like it.
"Get home you're not alone
You just broke out of the danger zone
Be there to show your face
On another dreamy day"
Now you come home, you're out of the affair, the girls can't reach you and you have loyalty and you have to show your face to the person you have been with, still blitzed from the tour.
"I can feel no sense of measure No illusions as we take Refuge in young man's pleasure Breaking down the dreams we make real"
Here yes is in a timeless bubble, playing what they dreamed to make and exercise their songs to a large audience with no sense of memory, only drifting from one town to another in a zen feeling.
"One down one to go Another town and one more show Downtown they're giving away But she never came back"
They're on tour, they have no roots, just never fulling landing. Coming off stage they own it down town, and he met a girl during the tour, but she never came back.
"No phone can take your place Do you know what I mean" He had an affair but now he's having to call her.
"We have the same intrigue As a court of kings" They both believed during the affair he was a king and they were famous but he has to leave it.
Ah leave it, ah leave it Dit, dit, dit, dit, dit, dit, dit Doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot
"Two down there you go McArthur Park in the driving snow"
They just finished now the next tour and it's unromantic - pushing through the snow to get to the tour.
"Uptown they're digging it out Better lay your claim" You rest and party and the business is still going. You have to constantly be on the scene to keep the momentum even if you don't feel like it.
"Get home you're not alone You just broke out of the danger zone Be there to show your face On another dreamy day"
Now you come home, you're out of the affair, the girls can't reach you and you have loyalty and you have to show your face to the person you have been with, still blitzed from the tour.
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