Austin Collins - Bridge Street Lullaby Lyrics
I give you metallic licenseSpin your wheels until they coughDeath’s got all its fingers hanging down like broken slatsIf I speak to you in metaphorsAnd tongues that make you singWill you drop the act of getting by and pray for shiny thingsBut you tried to make it betterAnd I tried to understandThat night we walked across the bridgeYou held on to my handI’ve got time to wait for youYou crossed my mind a time or twoI’m alright, you’re okClose your eyes . . . babeI come home to you callingAnd you’re waiting by the phoneThe black and red passing signs forever pushing onSoot-colored window sillsSolemn-covered viewsAccentuate the distance, darkening the hewsAccents of your inflectionsWe’re starving for the sameOld feelings start and flutterLike your dress a picture frameCHORUSI wish it were as harmlessAs you wanted it to beCould justify the things I doEach night so I can sleep