Alone in this city
That's kept me down and out of range
I think the air I'm breathin's made me kind of strange
This peculiar point of view
Has got my mind all tangled in you
I guess perhaps it's just some desperate need of change
I don't even mind where you're going,
Or where you been before
I'm comin' at you blind and unknowing,
Oblivious, obscure
No I don't expect no miracles and I'm not stuck keeping score
I'm just hoping I got a foot in the door
And you move like a mystery,
A faint and fleeting masquerade,
Whatever blue you're feelin's surely bound to fade
Yes I'd call of all of my plans,
And gladly cave to all your demands,
Oh you could be my silver moonlight through the shade
I don't even mind where you going,
Or where you been before
I'm coming at you blind, and unknowing,
Oblivious, obscure.
No I don't expect no miracles and I'm not stuck keeping score,
I'm just hoping I got a foot in the door
So much time is ticking away
And I don't know how to stop and make it stay
Oh, won't you help me live it for today?
Oh, won't you help me live it for today?
I don't even mind where you're going,
Or where you been before
I'm comin' at you blind, and unknowing,
Oblivious obscure
No I don't expect no miracles and I'm not stuck keeping score
I'm just hoping I got a foot in the door
I'm just hoping I got a foot in the door
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