[Verse 1] Salt on my jeans Coffee in a paper cup You laughed at the gulls Said they always talk too much Grey water rising Over broken harbor rock Your hair in my fingers Your name in my glove box [Chorus] Halifax You stay Like the wind in my coat Like a song that I hum But forget every note I keep leaving this town But it clings to my back You’re the ache in the map You’re my Halifax [Verse 2] Snow in October Caught us on the citadel Your boots came untied You cursed Then you kissed me still We counted the stories In the windows on Spring Garden Road Said “If we get old here Will we ever feel old?” [Chorus] Halifax You stay Like the wind in my coat Like a song that I hum But forget every note I keep leaving this town But it clings to my back You’re the ache in the map You’re my Halifax [Bridge] I move farther west New streets Same restlessness Still That harbor light Flickers in every exit sign If I make it back Would you still meet me by the tracks? Or am I talking to the tide When I’m asking for you back? [Chorus] Halifax You stay Like the wind in my coat Like a song that I hum But forget every note I keep leaving this town But it clings to my back You’re the ache in the map You’re my Halifax
