Sister Cities

The moon is hanging low over the central station

I watch the buses leave in silence

Bound for foreign distant places

The andes hold me close; a mother’s only son

I feel weightless in the valley

Like I’m everywhere at once

I’m laying low

A stray dog in the street

You took me home

We’re sister cities

I’m laying low

A stray dog in the street

You took me home

We’re sister cities

We came here abandoned

An old brick-faced apartment

Rusty swing set in the courtyard

Like the one that I was born in

I’m guarded like I’m wounded

My first instinct is always run

I wanna turn to steam, I wanna call it off

I want a light in the dark, I wanna swallow the sun

I’m laying low

A stray dog in the street

You took me home

We’re sister cities

I’m laying low

A stray dog in the street

You took me home

We’re sister cities

I was just mange and skin and bone

You took me into your home

Kept warm on a blanket from your worn out winter coat

I’m laying low

A stray dog in the street

You took me home

We’re sister cities

I’m laying low

A stray dog in the street

You took me home

We’re sister cities

I’m laying low

A stray dog in the street

You took me home

We’re sister cities

We’re sister cities