The Changing Lights
Were we leaving Rio
Or were we in New York?
I remember bossa nova on the breeze
We were in the back seat
Of a cab we couldn't afford
You were holding my old rucksack on your knees
You leaned towards your window
To see the traffic up ahead
"These commuters here," you said
"Could be the walking dead."
And we vowed to guard our dreams
From all the storms that lay ahead
From the winds of fear and age and compromise
And we laughed about the hopelessness
Of so many peoples lives
As we slowly moved towards the changing lights.
It was near Les Invalides
Or perhaps Trafalgar Square
It was late at night the city was asleep.
You were clowning in the back seat
With some friends we'd found somewhere
The kind, back then, we always seemed to meet.
There were those in this great world you said
Just fated to go far
And among the lucky ones
Were we inside that car.
And your friends began to sing
When You Wish Upon A Star
And you clapped along like you didn't have a care
But once I turned to glance at you
As we drove across the square
And your face looked haunted in the changing lights.
Was it last September?
It was autumn more or less
You were waiting to cross some busy boulevard
Talking on your phone
To your family I guess
Your briefcase tucked up high beneath your arm
As I approached you turned around
A question in your eye
As though I might ignore you
And just simply walk on by
But we smiled and talked a while
About each others lives
And once or twice I caught a wistful note
Then you moved towards the crossing
As the cars slowed to a halt
And we waved and parted beneath the changing lights.
And we waved and parted beneath the changing lights.
The Changing LightsLRC歌词
[00:28.76]Were we leaving Rio
[00:31.18]Or were we in New York?
[00:34.54]I remember bossa nova on the breeze
[00:42.13]We were in the back seat
[00:44.37]Of a cab we couldn't afford
[00:47.79]You were holding my old rucksack on your knees
[00:54.69]You leaned towards your window
[00:57.68]To see the traffic up ahead
[01:01.72]"These commuters here," you said
[01:04.77]"Could be the walking dead."
[01:11.86]And we vowed to guard our dreams
[01:14.52]From all the storms that lay ahead
[01:18.13]From the winds of fear and age and compromise
[01:24.85]And we laughed about the hopelessness
[01:28.21]Of so many peoples lives
[01:31.50]As we slowly moved towards the changing lights.
[01:52.82]It was near Les Invalides
[01:55.13]Or perhaps Trafalgar Square
[01:58.36]It was late at night the city was asleep.
[02:05.95]You were clowning in the back seat
[02:08.50]With some friends we'd found somewhere
[02:11.98]The kind, back then, we always seemed to meet.
[02:18.89]There were those in this great world you said
[02:21.94]Just fated to go far
[02:25.79]And among the lucky ones
[02:29.40]Were we inside that car.
[02:35.43]And your friends began to sing
[02:38.61]When You Wish Upon A Star
[02:42.21]And you clapped along like you didn't have a care
[02:48.93]But once I turned to glance at you
[02:52.29]As we drove across the square
[02:55.77]And your face looked haunted in the changing lights.
[03:50.55]Was it last September?
[03:52.91]It was autumn more or less
[03:56.27]You were waiting to cross some busy boulevard
[04:03.73]Talking on your phone
[04:06.28]To your family I guess
[04:09.83]Your briefcase tucked up high beneath your arm
[04:16.42]As I approached you turned around
[04:19.97]A question in your eye
[04:23.39]As though I might ignore you
[04:26.50]And just simply walk on by
[04:36.76]But we smiled and talked a while
[04:40.25]About each others lives
[04:43.48]And once or twice I caught a wistful note
[04:50.01]Then you moved towards the crossing
[04:53.37]As the cars slowed to a halt
[04:58.72]And we waved and parted beneath the changing lights.
[05:28.60]And we waved and parted beneath the changing lights.
