This town is dead and I don't want to be here
I want to be there with you instead
It may sound profound
But things don't mean as much to me when you're not around
It's the price I've gotta pay
A minute on the phone for one dollar ninety
And twenty five cents for a letter, well
That ain't much better
And memories of days spent together
Are free
But they're only poor substitutes for the real thing
I lie awake at night
I toss and turn, I burn, staring at the ceiling
Feeling a sense of loss inside
Like someone's died
And this town's still dead and I don't want to be here
I want to be there with you instead
credits
from Live at the Virtually Acoustic Club, London,
released October 12, 2000
Words and music by Mike Ferguson and Robert Watson
Recording owned by the Virtually Acoustic Club, London
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