Soupy sidewalk in the city tonight
Chicken men heat me on both sides
Barefoot children in school uniforms
My back won't let go of my shirt

Soupy sidewalk in the city tonight
Scabby dogs growl but it's too hot to bite
Purple dressed woman looks for someone to buy her
This town will just swallow you whole

Dirty town instant coffee in a small café
Tropical rain works the grime away
I'll head north at dark on an overnight train
Thousands of miles and I'm finally sane

Six months of chipping away

Skinny girl by the window her chin in her hands
Rice in the aisle pawned by a toothless man
The ceiling fans just don't want to satisfy
Gonna be a long mostly sleepless night

Dirty town instant coffee in a small café
Tropical rain works the grime away
I'll head north at dark on an overnight train
Thousands of miles and I'm finally sane

Six months of chipping away

Soupy sidewalk in the city tonight
Six months of chipping away

Sprawled on the couch, screen door clacking
Cool breeze flaps magazines on the way to my face
A southern town with the graves above ground
I could wander around like this until I explode

This city is waking me up
This city is waking me up tonight
This city is waking me up tonight

And the town woke up before we could get away
I laugh until my side aches. Listen to that saxophone play
And yet I wonder
Are we running late?

It's my third sunrise in four days
It's nice to be alive in this fairground kind of haze
I've got a barstool splinter in my left hand
But I can't feel it through the drummer in this band

This city is waking me up
This city is waking me up tonight
This city is waking me up tonight

And the town woke up before we could get away
I laugh until my side aches. Listen to that saxophone play
Are we running late?
We're not running late
We're just running

This city is waking me up
This city is waking me up tonight
This city is waking me up tonight

The last two mornings my eyes opened
to a sea plane overhead
The last two morning my eyes opened
wishing you were in my bed

I head on down to the ship canal.
I grip my coffee tight
I head on down to the ship canal
You're a summer day dream of mine

You're a dream of mine
You're a dream of mine
Summertime daydream all the time
You're a dream of mine

Head on down to the ship canal,
and I watch the boats on by
Lying by the dinosaurs.
Coffee between my thighs

The last two mornings my eyes opened
to a sea plane overhead
The last two mornings my eyes opened
wishing you were in my bed

Lying in the afternoon
Nuzzled in the sack
Light between the window shade
My chest up against your - my chest up against your - back

You're a dream of mine

From the Oakland Airport runway
he could see the Bay Bridge
Greasy faced and smelly,
California seemed fresh

Drunk and droopy all night with four hometown friends
Joking in the Vegas lights with the slot machine women

There's something about California
that even from the airport
Something about California -
he knew he'd never go back home
Tell the truth and shame the devil

From the Oakland Airport runway
ears popping cleared his head
Organized and used up,
too tired to be depressed

Thirsty for some fruit juice and anxious for his next flight
Back to the city he still doesn't call his home

There's something about California
that even from the airport
Something about California -
he knew he'd never go back home
Tell the truth and shame the devil

My runway was wet and light reflected off it
Clean in the morning as the plane touched down

I was feeling sick sitting with Las Vegas frowners
But the Oakland Airport runway got my feet back on the ground

Tell the truth and shame the devil
Tell the truth and shame the devil
Tell the truth and shame the devil

There's something about California
that even from the airport

Something about California -
he knew he'd never go back home

It was raining again this morning
I forgot my wallet. Things weren't going my way
I think it's perfect the way things happened
We made each other feel the same

The twilight came fast. I was sitting at my desk
And when I looked up it was there
Pinks and blues out - horizon's colors
And when I look down you'll be there

A lot of pressure on you I'm afraid
I am embarrassed for the way I have behaved

I don't ever want to need anyone that much again

Whatever happened. Whatever matters
Whatever happens. You'll be with me
I've got a garden now, and its winter
Whatever you feel. I feel free

I want a little motorbike to take me across the city
I want new shoes that feel good on my feet
I've walked for miles thinking bad thought
I'll get farther thinking better thoughts

I don't ever want to need anyone that much again

It was raining again this morning
I forgot my wallet. Things weren't going my way