Sit down, my love of open spacesnAnd breathe my love, let's all be spentnI'm going to tell you both a storynAbout some memories that I dreamtnnSee, I've lost love in many placesnNot least, the streets of São PaulonOne friend especially, I did make therenA tenth floor window took her homennSometimes I could cry for milesnSometimes I could cry for milesnSometimes I could cry for milesnBut I don'tnnSo hush the shadows in the oak treenBe still the curlew on the moornMy heart has fallen by the waysidenI cannot claim her any morennSo don your duffel coats quite slowlynAnd this drab jury shall adjournnWhile on the streets of old São PaulonI watched my baby being burnednnSometimes I could cry for milesnSometimes I could cry for milesnSometimes I could cry for milesnBut I don'tnnSometimes I could cry nine timesnDrop my bags and run for milesnSometimes I could live nine livesnBut I won't, but I won'tnnHave you ever been thrown across the waternHave you ever been thrown across the waternHave you ever been thrown across the waternSo there's no skin left on your bonesnnThrown across water, thrown across waternThrown across water like a stonennGet me a doctor, get me a doctornWho will get rid of my bonesnnGet me a lover, get me a lovernWho will leave my head alonennGet me a soldiernWho will fight me pointless warnnGet me an exit, I need an exitnI need a window or a doornnThrown across water, thrown across waternThrown across water like a stonennGet me a lawyer, get me a lawyernWho will sue the world for mennGet me a person, get me a personnGet me a person who isn't mennI'm getting tired, I'm getting tirednOf my stupid little facennI don't belong here, don't belong herenDon't belong in this horse racennThrown across water, thrown across waternThrown across water like a stone