Sister Cities

The moon is hanging low over the central station
I watch the buses leave in silence
Bound for foreign distant places
The andes hold me close; a mother’s only son
I feel weightless in the valley
Like I’m everywhere at once

I’m laying low
A stray dog in the street
You took me home
We’re sister cities

I’m laying low
A stray dog in the street
You took me home
We’re sister cities

We came here abandoned
An old brick-faced apartment
Rusty swing set in the courtyard
Like the one that I was born in
I’m guarded like I’m wounded
My first instinct is always run
I wanna turn to steam, I wanna call it off
I want a light in the dark, I wanna swallow the sun

I’m laying low
A stray dog in the street
You took me home
We’re sister cities

I’m laying low
A stray dog in the street
You took me home
We’re sister cities

I was just mange and skin and bone
You took me into your home
Kept warm on a blanket from your worn out winter coat

I’m laying low
A stray dog in the street
You took me home
We’re sister cities

I’m laying low
A stray dog in the street
You took me home
We’re sister cities

I’m laying low
A stray dog in the street
You took me home
We’re sister cities
We’re sister cities