The Balancing Act - She Doesn't Work Here lyrics

There was a girl behind the counter Who would give away her smile Your could stand and watch her from the stationery aisle I found myself returning everyday after awhile For the torture that I knew would be in store Then I was kept away for a week or maybe two The wind came off the lake And drove the pigeons from the zoo I finally made it back to that familiar avenue I shivered as I pushed in through the door She doesn't work here anymore The clerk explained to me as he swept the floor I always meant to talk to her before She doesn't work there anymore A blizzard after midnight Blankets everything with snow Esalators empty out their cargo down below This city swallows people And they never even know Or if they do it's easy to ignore I used to like to think that I might see her on the El My thoughts would turn to words Would turn to crutches as we fell But there are few surprises When you know yourself too well There is nothing else in store She doesn't work here anymore I should have talked to her before I wonder what it was I waited for She doesn't work there anymore