Round The City Square Lyrics - Silver Age - Bob Mould

Whisper going round the city square 

Rumour grows a tumour in your garden 

Anticipation as the rain begins to fall 

And pools up at the gutter in your hallway 

I didn't want us to end this way 

But the love has faded away 

Chariot hits the wall 

Body language says it all 

It's the saddest state so suddenly 

The magic disappears 

And the clouds that circle round our home 

Will suck the colour from our bones 

I never get to win at pin-the-donkey-tail 

The children's games we played 

As grown-ups we have failed 

For several years I tried to plead my case 

And all the riddles I got back have settled into place 

I found a way to get away 

You found a place called home 

I found the road that took me there 

And found you weren't alone 

Now I sit here with the things I need 

And then I wander aimlessly 

I wonder if the whispering is 

Going round the city square 

And as you boarded with your ticket 

You found home was safer than 

The place you tried to make your home 

Maybe it felt like home, just now and then 

Now and then, now and then 

I tried to plead my case 

It fell on empty ears 

For several years, I heard the 

Whisper going round the city square 

Whisper going round the city square 

Whisper going round the city square 

I wish that I could silence it, but you weren't there