The City That Reads Lyrics

Baltimore is quiet and cold

There's no ship in the bay to take me back home

In time for the holiday

So December never ends

Can you come here instead

I've got gifts and food and friends

Plenty of room in my bed

Where you can help me mend



So here's to being alone

To anyone on their own

If anyone's listening

Think of me when I'm gone

It's not going to hurt for long

And you can just forget

And I can live without regret



Baltimore is quiet and cold

So I walk down to the bay

Where everyone's gone inside for the holiday

Oh, December never ends

So will you make up your mind

Over time I've found a piece of me

Somewhere on these empty streets

That I could never bring myself to leave



So here's to being alone

To anyone on their own

If anyone's listening

Think of me when I'm gone

It's not going to hurt for long

And you can just forget



When I return to you at last

Surprise me in red and black

Oh no, you never ever give in

Never give in

In your smile there's a certain lack

Of muscles strained from front to back

So I'll do anything to get me right back home



So here's to being alone

To anyone on their own

If anyone's listening

Think of me when I'm gone

It's not going to hurt for long



So here's to being alone

To anyone on their own

If anyone's listening

Think of me when I'm gone

It's not going to hurt for long

And you can just forget

And I can live without regret