The City Looks Pretty

Album: Tell Me How You Really Feel (2018)
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  • The city looks pretty when you've been indoors
    For twenty-three days I've ignored all your phone calls
    And everyone's waiting when you get back home
    They don't know where you've been, why you're gone so long
    Friends treat you like a stranger and
    Strangers treat you like their best friend, oh well

    Spare a thought for the ones that came before
    All in a daze bending backwards to reach your goal

    Sometimes I get sad
    It's not all that bad
    One day, maybe never
    I'll come around

    The city takes pity on your injured soul
    And heavenly prose ain't enough good to fill that hole

    Everyone's soaked in animosity
    It's vicious in winter, you never say what you mean
    Friends treat you like a stranger and
    Strangers treat you like their best friend, oh well
    Wakin' up to another dismal day
    You got a ways to go, you oughta be grateful

    Sometimes I get mad
    It's not half as bad
    Pull yourself together
    And just calm down

    I'll be what you want, oh when you want it
    But I'll never be what you need

    And the city looks pretty from where I'm standing Writer/s: Courtney Barnett
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Third Side Music Inc.
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