Pere Ubu of the Day - "Breath"

Cloudland (1989) [1]

Breath.
Dog day afternoon by the sea.
I think about you. What am I gonna do?
Sorrow's hangin' over me.

Let me walk with you cuz it's breaking my heart.
The things that we had.
The good and the bad. Now it's parking lots.
Don't let's talk about tomorrow.
Baby! Standin' at the edge of sorrow.
Let's watch the whole world goin' slow.
Let's watch the whole world goin'.

I know my way round town.
Used to live around here.
I know the sites to see. The things they mean to me and how we tore it down.
Let me walk with you cuz it's breaking my heart.
The things that we had.
The good and the bad. Now it's parking lots.
Don't let's talk about tomorrow.
Baby! Standin' at the edge of sorrow.
Let's watch the whole world goin' slow.
Let's watch the whole world goin' slow.

Unh-hunh. It was a dream.
Nah! But it was a tin can.
Not a dream.
Man! It was a tin can.
Ha! Had I not kicked that.
Had I not kicked that.
Had it clattered in the gutter when it bounced down the sidewalk.
Had I not.
Keep that!
Don't let's talk about tomorrow.
Baby! Standin' at the edge of sorrow.
Let's watch the whole world goin' slow.
Let's watch the whole world goin' so.
Let's watch the whole world goin'.
Writers: Cutler - Jones - Krauss - Maimone - Ravenstine - Thomas.
©1989 Ubu Projex, administered by Bug Music.
Lyrics by David Thomas.