Return to the city, for a friend, she shouldn't be too hard to find There's one or two places she could be, especially this time of night I didn't tell her I'm in town or I'd be 'round, I'm steppin' into her work She greets me casually, yeah me a drink, I wait six in the morning for her
She says alright That ya written or been here for a while [I've been here for a while] Just grab your things and come on with me at my house [stay with me] She it's alright, yeah
It's past four, the afternoon, oh we wake up no phones to disturb us, lazing around, isolated from all of the fuss She smokes a hundred cigarettes and hands me the keys, Oh while she ready for work Be back at seven in the morning to let her in, about when she returns
She says alright That you speak the language, I know that you barely try [I know you barely I The Smiths and my cigarettes, like you in my bed But, I don't need you to get by [don't you] She says alright, yeah
I'm you wanted to forget about things for a while As I see, how you see, how we see, let me see
She says alright you're going to the states and ya won't be back for awhile [I be back for a while] She says, it's with you, it's alright without you Either way is just fine [either way you're not She it's alright [it's alright, alright]
I expect to hear from you But you're welcome anytime Unless I find a new Then will have to end We need no good-byes
She it's alright She says alright