[Intro – Main Simple Clean-Electric-Guitar Pattern Alone; Eight Even Notes Per Bar] [Verse 1 – Same Guitar Pattern, Sparse Arrangement] [Male Vocal] The corner store rolls up its shade Morning paints the fire escape Missed the bus at half past nine Watched it disappear on time [Female Vocal] Coffee cooling in my hand Red light holding where we stand A paper cup rolls down the street Dancing round a hundred feet [Pre-Chorus – Male And Female Alternate; Do Not Increase The Tempo] [Male Vocal] A laugh falls through an open door [Female Vocal] Someone’s crying on the floor above [Male Vocal] A radio forgets the words [Female Vocal] The traffic covers what we heard [Duet] Then the walking sign turns green [Chorus – Duet; Wider Band, Same Clean-Guitar Pattern Continues Unchanged] [Duet] Let the city hurry on Let the green lights come and go One shadow short, one shadow long Stretching down the same old road When the rain gets in our shoes When the sun comes breaking through Every window keeps a beat And our footsteps answer too [Post-Chorus – Same Simple Guitar Pattern; Short Instrumental] [Verse 2 – Female Begins; Return To Sparse Arrangement] [Female Vocal] Rain arrives at half past three Turns the road to mercury We wait beneath a faded sign Let two crowded buses by [Male Vocal] You draw a face into the steam I give it shoes too big and green You laugh until the windows clear Then watch the raindrops disappear [Pre-Chorus – Female And Male Alternate; Same Restrained Pulse] [Female Vocal] A little kid outruns the rain [Male Vocal] An old man whistles at a train [Female Vocal] The shop lights wake up one by one [Male Vocal] The clouds let through the evening sun [Duet] And the walking sign turns green [Chorus – Duet; Fuller Drums And Sustained Rock Guitars Under The Same Pattern] [Duet] Let the city hurry on Let the green lights come and go One shadow short, one shadow long Stretching down the same old road When the rain gets in our shoes When the sun comes breaking through Every window keeps a beat And our footsteps answer too [Bridge – Male And Female Alternate; Pull The Band Back, Keep The Original Guitar Pattern] [Male Vocal] Some nights the avenue goes black [Female Vocal] Storefront glass sends our faces back [Male Vocal] You’re half a block ahead of me [Female Vocal] I wait beneath the pharmacy [Male Vocal] The last bus shakes the windowpanes [Female Vocal] We hear that old song once again [Duet] The road bends where the buildings end [Final Chorus – Male, Female, Then Duet; Largest Emotional Build Without Increasing Tempo] [Male Vocal] Let the city hurry on [Female Vocal] Let the green lights come and go [Duet] One shadow short, one shadow long Stretching down the same old road When the rain gets in our shoes When the sun comes breaking through Every window keeps a beat And our footsteps answer too Let the city hurry on Every siren, every light One shadow short, one shadow long Moving through the fading night There are streets we haven’t seen There are places left to choose Every window keeps a beat And our footsteps answer too [Outro – Band Gradually Falls Away; Original Clean-Guitar Pattern Remains] [Male Vocal] Let the city hurry on [Female Vocal] Let it come and let it go [Duet] One shadow short, one shadow long [Instrumental – Same Guitar Pattern Alone, Then Stop]
