L'Allemand used to visit me in Paris, in I remember the men, I remember the in Paris His station nearby, I was his We didn't mind, shared everything, everything, in
And he'd come in looking for Leave again looking to the and the right Did we see too much, say too Stepping every dark thing? Would it all be tomorrow but, he loves me
Framing his face my hands in the doorway I try to decipher the friend from the foe in his A man's skin be blown back with time and confusion 'Til it gathers by his In the same shallows like sand at the sea
Did he too much, say too little? Could any year recover what we lost in With the hum of the war in the run of the
But I walk my head held high and naked in the sun Claiming these streets for I walk with my held high and naked in the sun Claiming these streets for myself,
I am the unchanging narrative, I don't neatly And I am the melody, the current of the need to survive And I go on for comfort I can no longer see to the left or the
But I walk with my held high and naked in the sun Claiming streets for myself I walk with my head high and naked in the sun Claiming streets for myself I walk with my head held and naked in the sun Claiming these streets for I with my head held high and naked in the sun these streets for myself, again