Cathy's hailing a cab like she's a storm Unto the of new york city Once we're inside, a carnival ride That brings a white knuckle kind of
She me up on her rooftop, Framed by a backdrop of and chimneys She's wrapped a cigarette, Lecturing etiquette, while I look in the me
We took in saturday and it was And when nighttime came the skyline swallowed The Cathy lays the blame on thomas alva And 60 million lightbulbs new york that noon Ah, midnight too soon Midnight strikes too
She says, "in new york city, they throw Wishes wells 'cause you can't see a star, unless one hit you It -- " "and if you caught one," I say, "who Could you tell in this whole damn town Believe "
She smiled a cat would to a pigeon on the roof She says, "i look into windows for truths" And we drank in the moment like whiskey "but if fell," she said, "i'd tell you"
The view her roof could make your head Just It was like holding up the world in a And we it down,m every light in town Like the sweetest, kindest I my wish on a satellite dish But midnight strikes too soon strikes too soon
Cathy never seems to slow a hurricane working a skyscraper town She laughs at me, I'm suburban bound But the truth is I live on a
I to this city for the solace of her roof Every window a story in cold hard truth As the world beneath me, I ask it for proof I'm living my life in my own way Or time just have it's own say
Midnight too soon Midnight too soon Midnight strikes too Midnight strikes too