[Instrumental Intro] [Verse 1] I wake when the water starts Three knocks run through the pipe The heater died two days ago My daughter asks if we're alright [Verse 2] We live on city level twelve The lift has stopped again I carry six bags up the stairs And pass the same old broken lamp [Chorus] City level by city level The whole place climbs above Trains run through the lower streets While people work and live above [Verse 3] I drive the freight line under town My shift begins at half past five We move the food and parts upstairs Before the markets come alive [Verse 4] I work on city level thirty Behind a counter until ten The woman working next to me Is saving just to move up again [Chorus] City level by city level The whole place climbs above Trains run through the lower streets While people work and live above [Verse 5] My school is on level sixty The windows face another wall Our teacher says the sky is real I've never seen it from this far [Verse 6] I fix the pumps on level ninety Last week we worked until three People upstairs complained all night They never knew it was us [Chorus] City level by city level The whole place climbs above Trains run through the lower streets While people work and live above [Verse 7] I live on city level two hundred We have a garden under glass My son has never walked outside He asks how deep the city goes [Verse 8] Tonight I took the lift straight down Past one hundred, then two The doors opened on a crowded market I'd never seen people like this [Break] How far down does it go? How many People live below? [Instrumental Solo] [Verse 9] I live on the highest city level The windows look above the clouds No freight trains run beneath my room And no one here works night shifts [Verse 10] This morning I watched from the glass The lower levels filled with rain Thousands moved between the trains And disappeared into the city again [Chorus – Final] City level by city level The whole place climbs above Some never leave the level they're born on Some spend their lives trying to move up [End]
