Hey living thing, buy me a drink
and drive me out to the airport
give me two hundred dollars and say
the best thing anyone's ever said
if you steal every word, from your grandmother's purse
and lay them out on the dashboard
we'll be fine
we'll be fine.
Hey living thing, if you're turning in
I'll wake you when something changes
then I'll ring all the bells again
and you'll spill champagne in my shoes
We'll make rose-coloured smoke
from bad horoscopes, confetti from news pages
and you'll be mine
you'll be mine.
and the same heart attack
will keep feeding back
right under the street
skipping every other beat
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Hey living thing, you've waited for it
for billions counting backwards
like a dog on a fire escape,
like a bird in a basement
Now release your breath from its paper bag
and no matter what you hear
if green lights should rain down tonight
it means tomorrow's another year
The same heart attack
will keep feeding back
right under the street
skipping every other beat
Hey living thing, you're breathing again
you're breathing again
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