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The city is a woman

Bigger than any other

Oh, sophisticated lady

Yeah, I wanna be your lover

Not your brother

Or your mother, yeah

The sun rose from behind the gasometers at 6:30 AM, crept through the gap in

your curtains and caressed your bare feet poking from beneath the floral sheets.

I watched him flaking bits of varnish from your nails trying to work his way

up under the sheets. Jesus, even the sun’s on heat today, the whole city

getting stiff in the building heat

I just wanna make contact with you, oh, that’s all I wanna do

I just wanna make contact with you, oh, that’s all I wanna do

Oh

Now I’m trying hard to meet her

But the fares went up at seven

She is somewhere in the city

Somewhere watching television

Watching people being stupid

Doing things she can’t believe in

Love won’t last 'til the next instalment

10 o’clock on Tuesday evening

And the world is going on outside

The night is gaping open wide

The wardrobe and the chest of drawers

Are telling her to go outdoors

He should have been here by this time

He said that he’d be here by nine

That guy is such a prick sometimes

I don’t know why you bother really

Oh babe

Oh, I’m sorry

But I…

I just had to…

Make love to every crack in the pavement and the shop doorways

And the puddles of rain

That reflected your face in my eyes

The day didn’t go too well, too many chocolates and cigarettes — I kept

thinking of you and almost walking into lampposts. Why is it so hot?

(Peace Gardens, yeah!) The air coming to the boil, rubbing up against walls

and lampposts trying to get rid of it. Old women clack their tongues in the

shade of crumbling concrete bus shelters. Dogs doing it, in central

reservations, and causing multiple pile-ups in the centre of town.

I didn’t want to go in the first place but I’ve been sentenced to three years

in the housing benefit waiting room. I must have lost your number in the

all-night garage and now I’m wandering up and down your street calling your

name, in the rain, whilst my shoes turn to sodden cardboard

Where are you?

I’m here

Where are you?

I’m here

Where are you?

I’m here

Where are you?

I’m here

Where are you?

I’m here

Where are you?

I’m here

Where are you?

I’m here

Where are you?

Oh, that’s all I wanna do

I’m still trying hard to meet you

But it doesn’t look like happening

'cos the city’s out to get me

But I won’t sleep with her this evening

Though her buildings are impressive

And her cul-de-sacs amazing

She’s had too many lovers

And I know you’re out there waiting

And now she’s getting into bed

He’s had his chance, now it’s too late

The carpets screaming for her soul

The darkness wants to eat her whole

Tonight must be the night it ends

Tomorrow she will call her friends

And go out on her own somewhere

Who needs this shit anyway?

Oh listen. I wandered the streets the whole night trying to pick up your scent,

writing messages on walls. And the puddles of rain reflected your face in my

eyes

We finally made it… on a hilltop at 4 AM. The whole city is your jewellery

box. A million twinkling yellow street lights. Reach out and take what you want.

You can have it all. Jesus, it took a long time. I didn’t think we were going

to make it. So bad during the day, but now snug and warm under an eiderdown sky.

All the things we saw: everyone on Park Hill came in unison at 4.

13 AM and the whole block fell down. The tobacconist caught fire and everyone

in the street died of lung cancer. We heard groans from a T-reg Chevette.

You bet, you bet, yeah. Yeah…(all I wanna do) And tomorrow… you’re gonna…

you’re gonna… you’re gonna…

That’s all I wanna do

Oh, babe, I wanna… I wanna to tell you that there’s nothing…

nothing to worry about because we can… we can… we can… we can…

get it together. Oh yeah. Oh… Oh… we got it together tonight… didn’t we?.

. You said we did, yeah… we made it… we’ve got a hope, yeah

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