Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Big Town lyrics

I discovered a big town

On the crest of a wave

Throwing money at strangers

Taking candy from babes

Shaking hands with the big top (?)

As the rain came down

I thought it would not stop

Sending letters to Paris

From the Empire State

Taking pictures from the top.

[chorus]:

There's a lot of things

For you to do...

There's a lot of dreams

That won't come true.

I grew up in a big town

The lessons were not hard to learn.

If you want them to love you,

Then you must not love them, in return.

Spent the night at a party

Where I drank so much

I fell under your spell...

Eight o'clock in the morning

And the daylight makes me

Look and feel like hell.

When you live in a big town

There are sights and sounds

That make you

Want to cry...

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