she lived in new york

I saw it from your eyes
the first time that we met
this city wasn’t home
and you could not forget
cos you’d lived in new york
and missed it every day
and dreaded everything that’d taken you away

so i’d write another tune
for you to fall asleep to
and build you your own room
for you to go and weep into

and when you would run out of ways to try and say goodbye
then I would say goodbye
then I would say goodbye
and when you would run out of ways to keep it all inside
you’d get on with your life…

it never meant that I would love you any less
but one thing I couldn’t teach
was how to practice happiness
cos you’d lived in new york
and missed it every day
and dreaded everything that’d taken you away

so I wrote a million tunes
for you to fall asleep to
and built you your own room
for you to go and weep into
and when you would run out of ways to try and say goodbye
then I would say goodbye
then I would say goodbye
and when you would run out of ways to keep it all inside
you’d get on with your life
you’d get on with your life

and when you would run out of ways to try and say goodbye
then I would say goodbye
then I would say goodbye
and when you would run out of ways to feel left behind
a glimmer in your eyes
a glimmer in your eyes…

she lived in new york
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references: glimmer (liam gallagher), leaving new york (r.e.m.), to build a home (the cinematic orchestra)

am colin-clegg: vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, drums