Boys with a basketball Kept in a cage to save us all And I walked the long way home Down all the streets we never go down We never go down He must've been ten years old Pressed to the steamy window This is where dreams are born Watching the Soho girls perform The girls perform And you are on the other side of the city that I cross at night On a sequin trail of red, red lights I'll be watching all the dirty birds In flight In flight This is the secret life This is where TV came to die And here is where s** is sold Twenty pound notes are pa**ed and rolled They're pa**ed and rolled They cover the walls in flowers To muffle the drinkers after hours I kicked the curb right there Cities are sordid love affairs Are love affairs And you are on the other side of the waters that we'll swim at night And it's not quite home yet
But that's alright I'll be watching all the dirty birds In flight In flight I will grow my wings and fly away from here, I will I will grow my wings and I will fly away from here We will grow our wings and we will fly away from here, we will From here, we will We will grow our wings and we will fly away from here We will grow our wings and we will fly away from here, we will From here, we will We will grow our wings and we will fly away from here, we will From here, we will We will grow our wings and we will fly away from here, we will From here, we will We will grow our wings and we will fly away from here, we will From here, we will We will grow our wings and we will fly away from here, we will From here, we will We will grow our wings and we will fly away from here, we will From here, we will