[Verse 1] Autumn landed soft On a city made to walk Old stone climbing up the bluff Glass and code below the docks I took the place by campus Hung my coat by the door Read the week like a timetable Then went out for a little more [Pre-Chorus] Friday rolled in quick Saturday did the same We were young enough for trouble And proud enough to name it [Chorus] Tallinn taught me pace Tallinn kept me loose Tallinn, little maze I was always in the mood (Oh, Tallinn) I was always in the mood [Verse 2] Seminars on paper trails Digital names and public bids Open data, old white walls And all the things the future did I found a Swede named Niklas Cultural curiosity My Stockholm years came back to life In rusty words and memory [Pre-Chorus] Instruction in English But I chased my Swedish lines Niklas laughed, I stumbled through Then I tried the Estonian rhymes [Chorus] Tallinn taught me pace Tallinn kept me loose Tallinn, little maze I was always in the mood (Oh, Tallinn) I was always in the mood [Verse 3] Then December brought a train of candles Niklas said, come see the show Sankta Lucia in Stockholm White robes in the winter glow There I met his girlfriend Erika Quiet eyes and steady hands Botany books and skates that spun Like she already had her plans [Bridge] We swapped our contacts, nothing grand Just a nod and off we went One more face inside the winter One more story in the rent [Verse 4] Then I flew back home to Bogotá December twentieth, clear and bright Lucía and I were three years in At ease with what could not be right Cancún for New Year’s kept its shape Lucía, Esteban, Alicia too Some things learn to keep on moving Even when the heart is split in two [Chorus] Tallinn taught me pace Tallinn kept me loose Tallinn, little maze I was always in the mood (Oh, Tallinn) I was always in the mood [Outro] Small city, big December Old town, modern glow I left with a map of faces And a week that still won’t slow
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