Eleanor Friedberger - Roosevelt Island lyrics

You saw a picture of a girl with the same hair On a lamppost next to a cop and a smile Made a great photo but I never thought I'd see her again Didn't really want to ever see her again! You went alone on the train It was hard to imagine you carrying it back on your own Can't believe you brought it back for me That day was supposed to be like spring break But it was dark and cool And the sand felt all dirty and gritty under our shoes I brought my camera and I have a shot of us You and that guy who died down in Philly on the beach The Cyclone made you sick It was a similar sort of trip By the time we took the tram down to Roosevelt Island You made me feel like I was more like you than like me I liked that! We even went uptown to score sat on a bench on that designated corner When we didn't have cellphones and waited for a man And jumped on the subway back downtown It always keeps spinning, it always keeps spinning It sets your mind, sets your mind back in motion It sets your mind, sets your mind Really have to convince yourself that we'll be outside It doesn't seem like anything could be better than that Riding that train Then you step outside, step outside in the sunshine Can't believe you would ever go underground That's crazy! How'd they ever figure out how to build that thing? Oh it goes and it goes Meet at the bar where the floor lights up And every other square turns red and green Just to make us go and stop and stop and go I go sleep on the train and wake up next to that guy we used to hate But the sound of his voice and the sound of his giggle Makes me want to be his friend again And it goes and it goes And it goes and it goes It always keeps spinning, it always keeps spinning It sets your mind, sets your mind back in motion Sets your mind, sets your mind in motion Sets your mind, sets your mind It's hard to convince yourself it will be better outside It doesn't seem like anything could be better than that Riding that train And then you step outside You step outside in the sunshine Can't believe you would ever go underground That's crazy! And it goes and it goes And it goes and it goes And it goes and it goes And it goes and it goes And it goes and it goes And it goes and it goes And it goes and it goes And it goes and it goes And it goes and it goes And it goes and it goes