Gary Jules - Umbilical Town Lyrics
I hear you've got a pocket full of wordsThat you keep in the garageTogether with the feather and the fireworksA surftown hero who's got one foot in the gardenWhere the neon-lighted *****tail glasses bloomAnd they built you a model airplaneLike the one that brought you back to Lindbergh fieldNow you're counting your change by the streetlights on India"Hey, it's me again, I'm faded...could I please come over?"You can do what you wantIn umbilical townIn a waterfront barOld gap-toothed Annie was a friend of mineThe third time around she was born againShe must have burned at least a half-a-million dollarsIn the little rooms next door to wash-and-foldAnd there ain't no consolation prizeThere is no backdoor to innocenceJust the wild-eyed faces and names that you've forgotten"Hey, the money's gone, I'm broken, could I please come over?"You can do what you wantIn umbilical townIn that waterfront barI've been dreaming we were born togetherI've been thinking about it'Been lurking backstreets-kicking down alleywaysI've been thinking about itHow it's always worse than it appearsRaskolnikov's out on the stairsHowling at the man in the moonThey say he lost controlBetween the suburbs and the barrioTired from too much too soonNow the air is thick with compromisesWe're always on the waySo I take comfort in the only life I knowWell you can do what you wantIn umbilical townAt the waterfront barIn umbilical townYou can do what you wantYou can do what you wantYou can do what you want
