I've been hanging 'round in someone else's town 
And it's made me feel simplified 
There's too much hanging around my neck 
I'd have blown it all to keep you on the telephone 

Though all the streets are cleaned of streaks 
And tarnished not by memories 
It makes me sad to feel the need 
To live my life at such a great speed 

And I would lay you down 
And we'd watch the clouds 
Roll over skies we wouldn't recognise 
But instead there's flowers in the yard 
Of someone else's house 
I won't look in those windows 

Though all the streets are cleaned of streaks 
And tarnished not by memories 
It makes me sad to feel the need 
To live my life at such a great speed 

And what we say today may 
Not always carry water well 
But I refuse to leap from vessels 
Before they've even set sail 
Don't aim for the horizon 
It's only an illusion 
Leading you back where you started from 
And there's not time to fuck around for too long 

And this could come undone 
But only a fool enters agreements 
Thinking they were wrong 
So I would lay you down 
And we'd watch the stars come out 
And blur our eyes at the distance 

And what we say today may 
Not always carry water well 
But I refuse to leap from vessels 
Before they've even set sail 
Don't aim for the horizon 
It's only an illusion 
Leading you back where you started from 
And there's not time to fuck around for too long 
No, there's no time to fuck around for too long