white lies
from the stars
I saw a friend that I once knew at a funeral He took the time out to be seen His eyes kept glancing to the hour hand on the gold watch That he'd been given by a magazine  He didn't cry when the priest gave the sermon Just pulled up the woolen collar on his fleece Crossed his arms, gave a sigh and checked the time again As he sat inches from the wife of the deceased  He catches raindrops on his window, it reminds him how he falls From the stars back to our cities, where we've never felt so small  Rain drops from his window making puddles in his hands He thinks how quick the water's rising as another raindrop lands  He took a chauffeur driven car back to his hotel Passing through the sick streets where he was born He said, driver, what's happened to these buildings?  They all look run down and so alone  He took a shower in the bathroom of his penthouse Put the Do not Disturb on his door When the maid came in the morning She found him shivering on the bedroom floor  He catches raindrops on his window, it reminds him how he falls From the stars back to our cities, where we've never felt so small  Rain drops from his window making puddles in his hands He thinks how quick the water's rising as another raindrop lands  He catches raindrops on his window, it reminds him how he falls From the stars back to our cities, where we've never felt so small  Rain drops from his window making puddles in his hands He thinks how quick the water's rising as another raindrop lands