Big Town

Running up the cobbles with those blue tinsel eyes Parading in your aviator where’s it gonna be tonight? Dancing down the bridges past the wet cigarettes Empty cans beneath the railings staring at the window silhouettes You know me the best Are you looking? I wanna kiss you in this tenement stairwell You gotta promise that you won’t ever tell Cue the rain machines the orchestra the timpani I’m pirouetting like a figurine and singing out I’m gonna miss this Big Town Standing on the esplanade we’re shaking in the rain I don’t wanna miss this but I’m struggling to concentrate Can’t be that I want you cause I’m leaving you behind Double check my tickets there everybody’s laughing but I don’t know why I shouldn’t even try Are you looking? I wanna kiss you in this tenement stairwell You gotta promise that you won’t ever tell Cue the rain machines the orchestra the timpani I’m pirouetting like a figurine and singing out