Ellis Paul - Did I Ever Know You? Lyrics
So you found yourself a corner apartmentWith a view of the town all your ownAll your friends say The city's gonna kill you or cure youFive flights of stairs to your homeAnd even now,It's changed how you walk in the streetPast cabbies and chimney sweepsBe careful with strangers you speak to(chorus)What has this city done to you?Has it taken the small town out of youand turned you into someone I never knew?When we were kidsIn the warmth of a porch lightYou'd smuggle out twin cigarettesWe'd blow smoke in the airWith typical hometown flairTwo futures we could not predictAnd look at you now,The dreamer with the back porch planFor the writer and the music manOur faces on magazine stands(chorus)What has this city done to you?Has it taken the innocence out of youand turned you into someone I never knew?Did I ever know you?Do you know how you light up these buildings?You can turn the head of a man whose grown oldYou're a candle when the streets grow coldI can hear a cricket in your fifth floor apartmentIt's 3 AMBack home he'd put me to sleepBut he's fighting to be heardHe can't get in a word'Cause there's a foolLaughing outside in the streetWhere are you now?I lost you outside on Montague StreetTo the city that never will sleepIs it the sideshow in youThat it speaks to?(chorus)Hey did I ever know you?Did I ever know you?
