City Of Orphans Lyrics - Phoenix - The Classic Crime

Jenny left from Idaho and made her home in Capitol Hill 

In a 300 square foot studio above a coffee shop near the Broadway Grill 

And every night she walks the block to trade in her time for cheap thrills 

And everyone she meets is cool 

But just out of reach and it kills 

She used to spend her nights by firelight and singing to the stars 

Now shes ours 

Now shes ours 

Kevin left from Denver where the air is thin and people are nice 

And he traded it for sea level, for misty rain, what a bitter compromise 

For now he felt like he belonged to those who understood him 

But he sold his soul to fight right in and he watched his friends desert him 

He used to spend his nights by candlelight and drinking wine to vinyl 

Now hes ours 

Now shes ours 

Its a city of orphans 

Who had nowhere to go 

So they cashed in their dreams 

Headed northwest to the sea 

And they called it their home 

But most dont belong here 

Were all running away 

And well drain you dry of all semblance of life 

We dont give we just take, take, take 

But this city has no Bible 

Theres no meaning you can use 

Were all desperately searching for truth 

Were a city of orphans 

Who had no place to go 

So we cashed in our dreams 

Filled our glasses with Beam 

And our bodies with smoke 

And we spend every weeknight 

Trading pints at the Streamline 

And we talk about truth 

And we talk about love but we wake up to lies, lies, lies 

Its a city of orphans 

Where did our fathers go 

We stumble around in the bad part of town at the end of our rope 

But there are no answers 

On the tables of oak 

If God could just hear us 

We think that Hes near 

But He left long ago 

Were a city of orphans 

What do we do ourselves? 

We take all the good and the heaven around us and turn it to hell 

We take all the good and the heaven around us and turn it to hell 

We take all the good and the heaven around us and turn it to hell 

Jenny left from Idaho and made her home in Capitol Hill