23!

The city I love
Is being knocked to the ground
As the rich get richer
And I can't hear the sound
Of the sea or the shore
Though it's right by my house
'Cause the roads are getting busier
They're driving us out

So I will stay in my bed
And read stories
About a boy whose seen the world

The city I love
Loves to welcome me in
And then throw me back out
Like a child who has sinned
And repent as I may
I'm still left to regret
All the days I spent lonely
All the words never said

So I will stay in my bed
And watch movies
About a boy whose seen it all

And I'm not sure what you're meant to do
When you turn 23!
I don't know if anybody
Has ever had that thought for me
There's a girl in a dress
And she's crying on the TV
For a boy who won't love her
But loving her looks so easy
How can it be?

The city I love
Is good for the ones
Who have gold in their pockets
And bullets for their guns
And the good-hearted weep
As it all comes to light
That a good heart doesn't mean
That you're held in the night

So I will stay in my bed
And I'll wonder
What the weather's like outside

And I'm not sure what you're meant to do
When you turn 23!
When you're too old to sneak
To the back room at family parties
But you're too young to stay
And pretend you like the way
That they talk about the ones that they love
I don't know at what age
I decided that I was above it all
I'm not above it at all

The comfortable life
That I thought I would lead
Is making it harder
For me to breathe

I eat when I'm sad
Then I'm sad when I eat
It's like lather, rinse
Repeat

And I'm not sure what you're meant to do
When you turn 23!
I'm not sure if it's easy
To love a girl on the TV
And the boy whose seen it all
Doesn't spare a thought for me
I guess somewhere deep down
I thought loving me would be easy
But how can it be?