American Townhouse

Windows are lit, generous warmth outflows Against the pale gray of November snow The thin wooden columns hold up the roof Like the figures inside I assume The old welcome sign and the leaning broom And the children's voices in their rooms It makes me lonely When I walk these streets Palms open empty I long for a place for me Just beyond the limestone A place called home Someone I'll love Beyond friendship and beyond trust I daydream of meeting your homely presence But the rain drips away my feeble imagination Just beyond the limestone A place called home Someone I'll love Beyond friendship and beyond trust Sucked into the storm drains My meaningless actions Along with the leaves All lifeless and fallen The stars, the stripes, smothered in the wind The rain is cruel and leaves marks on my skin My coat is soaked, but I still want more There's something I crave for in this door Try my best to walk away, to ignore The knots tangled deep within my core It makes me lonely When I walk these streets Palms open empty I long for a place for me Just beyond the limestone A place called home Someone I'll love Beyond friendship and beyond trust I daydream of meeting your homely presence But the rain drips away my feeble imagination Just beyond the limestone A place called home Someone I'll love Beyond friendship and beyond trust Sucked into the storm drains My meaningless actions Along with the leaves All lifeless and fallen Fallen, fallen, and fallen It's just like magic, what this weather does I'm almost never this soft in my heart Drop me in the center of some novella So you'll show up with an umbrella Suffocate me gently with your body heat And carry me home where we should be Just beyond the limestone A place called home Someone I'll love Beyond friendship and beyond trust I daydream of meeting your homely presence But the rain drips away my feeble imagination Just beyond the limestone A place called home Someone I'll love Beyond friendship and beyond trust Sucked into the storm drains My meaningless actions Along with the leaves All lifeless and fallen