Leif Vollebekk - When the Subway Comes Above the Ground Lyrics
In T.O. I was laughingAt my friend who sold his soulI guess it wouldn’t've been so funny had I not sold mine for lessOrange smokestacks in the sunset casting shadows until our faces drownedIt’s better to have left and laughed than never to have left at allI found myself on a subway coming above the groundI used to tangoBut that, that was thenI danced too close to the band that’s how I got this ringing in my earsAnd sometimes I just can’t sleep from the soundI can’t hear it during the day, It’s just at night or when things get quietLike when the subway comes above the groundIn Tennessee, I went lookingFor someone to throw me against the wallI wanted to be inspired until disheartened, spend the money I’d hard-earnedOh, just to see his name with flashing yellow lights bulbs all aroundBut he left us in the MississippiHe wasn’t even thirty-oneIf only he’d come up like a subway from the groundIn springtime, I was standingWith a brown dog by my sideI was sweating I was staring at Mayan ruinsThen I was next to you on that bus going straight out of townFrom Memphis and Nashville to New York CityYour jaw was wide and prettyAnd you turned to me and said, “Am I in ruins like the outskirts of the city where all the subways come above ground?”And I said noIn Iceland, it was festival seasonAnd I went knocking at your doorYou opened up and there you wereWith the hale of the porchlight you were crownedWe stayed up all nightPhrases fading like countryside in the rearview mirrorI was hoping that one day you’d be next to me or at least somewhere nearWhen the subway comes above the ground
