I have these city streets though they ran a river nights on end, And the river rolled on by I sat watching from the bank. A city slowly wakes up sprawled outside some door I was sleeping ‘neath the stars, dreaming curling from the cold. A world has awoken teeming outside And cars are darting past the suns slow rise. I have these city streets they ran crazy nights on end I roved them oer and oer until I thought that I was spent.
Roll on river roll on…
I have these city streets though they ran a river nights on end And the river rolled on by I sat watching from the bank. Dreaming of the stars dreaming of a millon suns, Til I slept, the sky a blanket my bed fallen autumn leaves. Moments from the heavens moments on the breeze, Painted on a crow’s wing falling from the trees. On wings that angels bring a grey city morning sings, A crow spread its wings by my eyes as day begins.
Roll on river roll on…
I have these city streets, they ran a river nights on end, The river rolled on by I sat watching from the bank. On wings that angels bring a grey city morning sings, A crow spreads its wings by my eyes as day begins. I see the moment rise on a cold morning in the sun, On the wings of a crow I’ve watched a world begun. When you’re young the days roll on I’ll ride this river to open sea, I hear a strange city call birth like a new country.