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Leif Vollebekk - When the Subway Comes Above the Ground (Official Video)
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Lyrics: I was in T.O. I was laughing At my friend who sold his soul I guess it wouldn't have been so funny I had not just sold mine for less Staring at the orange smokestacks And the sunset casting shadows until our faces drowned I guess it's better to have left and laughed Than never to have left at all Found myself on subway coming above the ground I, I used to tango But that, that was then You know, I danced too close to the band That's how I got this ringing in my ears And sometimes I just can't sleep from the sound Oh, I can't hear it during the day, just at night Or when things get quiet Like when the subway comes above the ground
In Tennessee Yes, I was looking for someone to throw me against the wall I wanted to be inspired until disheartened Spend all the money that I'd hard-earned Just to see his name with flashing yellow-lightbulbs all around But he left us in the Mississippi He wasn't even thirty-one If only he'd come up like a subway from the ground
In springtime, I was standing With a brown dog at my side I was sweating, staring at Mayan ruins Then I was next to you on that bus heading straight, Straight out of town From Memphis and Nashville to New York City Your jaw was wild and pretty When you turned to me and you said Am I in ruins, like the outskirts of the city Where the subways all come above the ground?
And I said no In Iceland, it was festival season And I went knocking on your door Yes, you opened up, and there you were With the halo of the porchlight You were crowned We stayed up all night Phrases fading like countryside in the rearview mirror And I was hoping that one day you'd be next to me Or at least someplace near When the subway comes above the ground
Video by Kaveh Nabatian - http://KavehNabatian.com
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