Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Umbilical Town, artist - Gary Jules.
Date of issue: 31.12.2001
Song language: English
Umbilical Town |
That you keep in the garage |
Together with the feathers and the fireworks |
A surftown hero who’s got one foot in the garden |
Where the neon-lighted cocktail glasses bloom |
And they built you a model airplane |
Like the one that brought you back to lindbergh field |
Now you’re counting your change by the streetlights on india |
«Hey, it’s me again, I’m faded, could I please come over?» |
You can do what you want |
In umbilical town |
In a waterfront bar |
Old gap-toothed Annie was a friend of mine |
The third time around she was born again |
She must have burned at least a half-a-million dollars |
In the little rooms next door to wash-and-fold |
And there ain’t no consolation prize |
There is no backdoor to innocence |
Just the wild-eyed faces and names that you’ve forgotten |
«Hey, the money’s gone, I’m broken, could I please come over?» |
You can do what you want |
In umbilical town |
In that waterfront bar |
I’ve been dreaming we were born together |
I’ve been thinking about it |
Been lurking backstreets — kicking down alleyways |
I’ve been thinking about it |
How it’s always worse than it appears |
Raskolnikov’s out on the stairs |
Howling at the man in the moon |
They said he lost control |
Between the suburbs and the barrio |
Tired from too much too soon |
Now the air is thick with compromise |
We’re always on the way |
So I take comfort in the only life I know |
Where you can do what you want |
In umbilical town |
At the waterfront bar |
In umbilical town |
You can do what you want |
You can do what you want |
You can do what you want |