Time won't travel
In a ripple city
The hours unravel
When the nights get rid of me
A systematic sin
Of all the reveling
The seconds wearing thin
Brought what I said I'd bring

I got a hex on a handsome devil
Who won't return my calls
The second strings along
But the bomb's already dropped
Why do I feel so good
Why do I feel so dry
Was under the impression

Overtaken by a guise

The wait's so slow

It's like summer
Like growing old

Just an afterglow

I hit the wall
'Cause I can't work
In a brick city
In a brick city
I'm gonna throw it all away
'Cause I can't stay
In a brick city
In a brick city

I can't find a match
To compliment
My psycho sequence
Who acts that fragile
Unless they're sinking
I get a palm reading
But what do they really know
You're from a broken home
And the going's slow

It's just a show

Hit it out of the park
A great place to start
I know you'll wait for me there
Don't sound the alarm
I mean no harm
Baby you ought to be careful
Baby you ought to be careful