Mother Tongue

Came on like a fever A compulsion to retrace Maybe it's this city Forever married to her face For me Beset by phantoms Footprints that I made With no one left here To commune with No one left Who knows my name Come now I long to fill my lungs And somehow Speak once more In the mother tongue Cause I've burned bridges That didn't lead to what I need And god knows I've been burned too By those who want No part of me I'm searching for the spirit I had when we were starting out When I took poems From her kisses Oh and I poured them In the concrete Of this city's sacred ground Will you come now I long fill my lungs And somehow Remind me of The mother tongue Another time, a different way It probably all worked out But though it pains me to say Guess it still all worked out Okay Don't know what I'm trying To say now Cause I'm not asking For your heart I was just reminded How I loved you Though we were meant To be apart And all I hope All I want You find someone Who speaks to you Sings to you In the mother tongue Oh the mother tongue The fever must come to an end And I don't long To venture back now Just want to find myself again