In The City

He learned how to love in the city I can tell by the choice of his words That he's been around girls much too pretty Too pretty for his own good So his words become feelings' harsh keeper And heart swells up like a balloon A jailbird locked up in the city A youthfulness lost far too soon Oo Oo She learned how to love from her mother From the way the sun caresses the leaves From the way the moon guides the ocean She learned to care, to surrender, to feed So she took her keys and the pieces Of the hearts that he left on the floor Of the 500 square foot apartment In the city she came to searching for more Oo Oo He learned how to love in the city But now he thinks twice about his words Cuz they've axed a forest around him And his left without, without warmth So he took the seeds and the pieces Of those hearts that he left on the floor Of that 500 square foot apartment And he set out searching for more