Bird In A Basement

Hey living thing, buy me a drink
And drive me out to the airport
Give me two hundred dollars and say
The best thing anyone's ever said
If you steal every word from your grandmother's purse
And lay them out on the dashboard
We'll be fine
We'll be fine
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Hey living thing, if you're turnin' in
I'll wake you when something changes
Then I'll ring all the bells again
And you'll spill champagne in my shoes
We'll make rose-coloured smoke from bad horoscopes
Confetti from news pages
And you'll be mine
You'll be mine

The same heart attack (the same heart attack)
Will keep feeding back (keep feeding back)
Right under the streets (right under the streets)
Skippin' every other beat (skippin' every other beat)

Hey living thing, let me in
To the world you're living in
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Now, hey living thing, you've waited for it
For billions counting backwards
Yeah, like a dog on a fire escape
Like a bird in a basement
Oh, now release your breath from this paper bag
And no matter what you hear
If green lights come raining down tonight
It means tomorrow's another year

The same heart attack (the same heart attack)
Will keep feeding back (will keep feeding back)
Right under the streets (right under the streets)
Skippin' every other beat (skippin' every other beat)
Hey!
Now, hey living thing, you're breathing again
You're breathing again

Hey living thing, you're breathing again
You're breathing again
Ooh
Now, hey living thing, you're breathing again
You're breathing again
Ooh, ooh