I ferried my dreams across the water
underneath a faceless moon
I woke to find myself uncovered

in this dark and dusty room
take meâ?¦ up the wooden stairs
where the windows are open wide

there we can watch the city skyline
tremble in the heat waves rolling by
and don't the world look pretty

when you're young in the city

So there I was

Ophelia climbing
through these tangled threads of light
I was caught

open and bleeding
but I was willing to stay the night
take me downâ?¦ to where the buildings

stand empty at our feet
where theâ?¦ dirty Hudson River
and the sweet blue oceans meet

and don't the world look pretty
when you're young in the city


Don't you sometimes wonder
why it all goes by so fast
I held you in my fingers

now I hold you in my pastâ?¦
once I watched youâ?¦ walk on water
now I watch you walk across the room

I always thought we'd have forever
now these forevers go by too soon
take me downâ?¦ to the streets below

where the moon and traffic lights
guide usâ?¦ while we go dreaming
thru another sleepless night

and don't the world look pretty
when you're young in the city