I came her with my only dream / at night I’d sing myself to sleep beside the freeway / with my guitar on the ground / and a joyful madness pounding in my ears / under your streetlights I asked / darling will you dance / with me across the Milky Way / but you were much too cool to sway / cruel city / crumble away / I moved into a rental room / and found a job that only fueled my desperation / I’d come home all alone at night / climb on the bandstand with the crickets and the bedbugs / I’d hear that violin and big bass fiddle play / the banjo ringing in the hallway/ who knows the sweet songs we would play / cruel city / crumble away / now as I leave I ask the Lord / to break your bones like clay / crumble away / you have a sister so I’m told / somewhere above your foggy head she’s always floating / with her golden hair untied / and everybody in her waiting room is shining / if you should die a sudden death / your bad breath rising up to heaven / you just might be like her someday / cruel city / crumble away / now as I leave I ask the Lord / to break your bones like clay / crumble away / cruel city / crumble away.
Cruel City
Cruel City
Cruel City
I came her with my only dream / at night I’d sing myself to sleep beside the freeway / with my guitar on the ground / and a joyful madness pounding in my ears / under your streetlights I asked / darling will you dance / with me across the Milky Way / but you were much too cool to sway / cruel city / crumble away / I moved into a rental room / and found a job that only fueled my desperation / I’d come home all alone at night / climb on the bandstand with the crickets and the bedbugs / I’d hear that violin and big bass fiddle play / the banjo ringing in the hallway/ who knows the sweet songs we would play / cruel city / crumble away / now as I leave I ask the Lord / to break your bones like clay / crumble away / you have a sister so I’m told / somewhere above your foggy head she’s always floating / with her golden hair untied / and everybody in her waiting room is shining / if you should die a sudden death / your bad breath rising up to heaven / you just might be like her someday / cruel city / crumble away / now as I leave I ask the Lord / to break your bones like clay / crumble away / cruel city / crumble away.