City Swan - Neko Case

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

I try to slip the marching clock

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.

Cause I can t look at you straight-on

You re made from something different than I know

My eyes are on the sidewalk,

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

You linger just a little long,

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,

Our crook d necks long

City swans

And 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 crook d necks long

City swans