The World Wasn't Built In A Day
Nomeansno

As I was driving around aimlessly, a waking dream occurred to me

That everyone I knew had died that day

That my friends, co-workers and loved ones, had all just suddenly passed away

Well, there were drunken car crashes, airline disasters, and suicides that were unexplained

And as I drove past familiar scenes, streets and buildings that were a hundred times seen

As a wave of contentment washed over me, I wondered what this could possibly mean

As the sun spilled it's warmth over the houses and trees

I felt that I was finally free


But you know what they say

The world wasn't built in a day

You know what they say

The world wasn't built in a day (no way)


I picked up a woman in the parking lot of the local Safeway

Well, I had seen her face a hundred times but I never knew her name

And as I drove her home she laughed and she sighed and the strain of the moment passed away

I explained how my father had died, how I had seen his body and never cried

She let her hand fall on my leg and there she let it stray

When I dropped her off she asked me up, I politely said I couldn't stay

And as she walked to the door, as those bags of groceries gently swayed

I turned the wheel and muttered to myself, No way, man, no way


[Chorus:]


Sunset over the mountains and on the harbour that beneath them lay

In long shadows the traffic lights gleamed, red and green, they traced the way

Through a corridor of sidewalks, where people wandered at the end of their day

I drove to my space on the waterfront, picked up my guitar and started to play

Alone I sang for the people that I knew, for my friends and family, and for them I prayed

That no storm would come and sweep them up, that no winds would bear them away

I sang, Your voice from my throat cries, your heart beats in my chest,

From my head stare your eyes, for you I live and die!

This loneliness is a lie! This loneliness is a lie!


[Chorus:]


The streets were empty as I drove home, the air was cool and the sky was dark

Streetlamps cast their mockery of light over ghostly shapes in an empty night

Should I believe in the things I see? Am I in you? Are you in me?

What should I believe? Tell me. What should I believe?

At home, on the porch, the wind in the trees murmured a background for my waking dream

Where I drive through a city with labyrinth streets, where no one walks, where no voices speak

Where empty towers above me rise toward an empty, starless sky

Like a cold wind washing over me, I saw the meaning of this dream

I felt that I was finally free, I felt that I was finally free


[Chorus:]


You lie before me sleeping, your eyes flutter in a dream

Am I in you? Are you in me? What should I believe? What should I believe?

But you know what they say... You know what they say


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