Of Cities and Escapes Lyrics

I live in a one room apartment
With windows on one side
I stare through the glass 'cross the water
To where the big ugly city lies
I hear it I feel it I read it with my eyes
And I'm lost in the crowd of the city
A life I despise

I wake with a groan it's the phone
What news can it bring shh let it ring
The paper lies crumpled on the floor
Politics and war and there goes the door
And I who sit and watch it all go by
Wonder why I can't go
I'm caught in the grip of the city
Madness and small
High in my mind out of the reach of time
Im moving far beyond the city and its power now its gone
And as my wings ascend I feel them catch the wind
Above the traffics holler
I watch the race for dollars
The angry sweated collars
As people waste their hours
Then there came a time when
I knew it all was ending
I felt my wings descend
If only I could stay up another day
I live in a one room apartment
With windows on one side
I stare through the glass cross the water
To where the big ugly city dies