Sister Cities lyrics

The moon is hanging low over the central station I watch the buses leave in silence Bound for foreign distant places The andes hold me close; a mother’s only son I feel weightless in the valley Like I’m everywhere at once I’m laying low A stray dog in the street You took me home We’re sister cities I’m laying low A stray dog in the street You took me home We’re sister cities We came here abandoned An old brick-faced apartment Rusty swing set in the courtyard Like the one that I was born in I’m guarded like I’m wounded My first instinct is always run I wanna turn to steam, I wanna call it off I want a light in the dark, I wanna swallow the sun I’m laying low A stray dog in the street You took me home We’re sister cities I’m laying low A stray dog in the street You took me home We’re sister cities I was just mange and skin and bone You took me into your home Kept warm on a blanket from your worn out winter coat I’m laying low A stray dog in the street You took me home We’re sister cities I’m laying low A stray dog in the street You took me home We’re sister cities I’m laying low A stray dog in the street You took me home We’re sister cities We’re sister cities