Canasta - Throwaway lyrics

Not sure how I earned the right To flee that day While everything we'd seen and done Began to wash away But I took that break No questions asked The mayor swears, his prayers, on air Fears laid bare on anchors' faces Dogs are whimpering from the roofs A city's history vainly braces The waterline licks at the door And window panes, they start to tremble Reality turned on its head In no way, does this resemble mine Just like everyone else When I traveled there I arrived with next to nothing and then left with less And in a throwaway haze Our souls unloaded This time It gave into the stress I guess Landed, headed straight on home Combing AM stations to glean A sense of what I'd left behind Was it just as they'd foreseen? Finally, I reached TV And imagery of those who stayed through That's a memory you don't shake Watching others face the fate you dodged And in a throwaway haze Our souls unloaded This time It gave into the stress I guess