You & the Sound

The colour of amenities

And matching knee-socks

Inside America the beautiful

Circle streets and sunlight

In Illinois you're never lost

Your driveway heart is tinted

The colour of discovery

And jealous animals like me

The outer ring is alive

You can see Chicago sinking if you try

I don't know what to say

Dividing your attention and my time

Looking for a way

To get around you and the sound

Of a strip mall serenade fading

To get around you and the sound

Of the subdivision lights fading

I want to be a gentlemen

I want to be a gentlemen

To get around you and the sound

Of the last great summer song fading

To get around you and the sound

Of an adolescent life fading