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Lisbon

from Little Owl by Anna Byrne

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You live in the country,
He lives in the city,
But the stars shine brighter where he is.

You pollute the air
With your attempts at being alternative.
I hate your nicotine fingers.
Your trousers are too short for your legs.

And I was glad to see you walk away.
I was joyful that I had said goodbye.
You're thinking maybe this'll just last the week.
I'm thinking probably the rest of my life.

Something important,
Something abnormal,
Something very necessary
Has shifted from the scene.
Somebody told me,
Somebody saw me,
Somebody warned me
That you weren't right for me.
And I fell in love with him again
In the town of the seven hills.
He will take me there,
You never will.

You would be a stoic,
He would be a poet,
But the Golden Age has passed you by.

You travel on a bus because
High pressure frightens you.
Yours ears would pop, your knees would lock,
You'd take me to the wrong hotel.

And you would drink the mini-bar dry,
And tell me stories of lovers past.
Well you can take them to bed with you tonight.
They were right to say it wouldn't last!


Something important,
Something abnormal,
Something very necessary
Has shifted from the scene.
Somebody told me,
Somebody saw me,
Somebody warned me
That you weren't right for me.
And I fell in love with him again
In the town of the seven hills.
He will take me there,
You never will.

This town is an awkward town.
Everybody walks upside down
And they've got boarded-over windows.
And you can feel it when the wind blows.

You took away half of me.
Would you give me my sanity back?
No? I didn't think so. I didn't think so.
But I never called home.

And I fell in love with him again
In the town of the seven hills.
He will take me there,
You never will.

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from Little Owl, released July 12, 2011

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Anna Byrne is a singer-songwriter living and performing in London. Her songs are honest stories about love, friendship and failure.

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