Birdy - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight

Smeared black ink... your face is ashen

And I'm barely listening to last demands

I'm staring at the asphalt wondering what's buried underneath

Where I am

Where I am

I'll wear my badge... a vinyl sticker with big block letters adherent to my chest

That tells your new friends I am a visitor here...

I am not permanent

And the only thing keeping me dry is

Where I am (You seem so out of context in this gaudy apartment complex)

Where I am (A stranger with your door key explaining that I am just visiting)

Where I am (And I am finally seeing why I was the one worth leaving)

(Why I was the one worth leaving)

D.C. sleeps alone tonight

D.C. sleeps alone tonight

Where I am (You seem so out of context in this gaudy apartment complex)

Where I am (A stranger with your door key explaining that I am just visiting)

Where I am (And I am finally seeing why I was the one worth leaving)

(Why I was the one worth leaving)

The district sleeps alone tonight after the bars turn out their lights

And leave the autos swerving into the loneliest evening

And I am finally seeing

Why I was the one worth leaving

Why I was the one worth leaving

Why I was the one worth leaving

Why I was the one worth leaving

• Artist:Birdy
• Album:dy (2011)