[Verse 1] The moon is hanging low, over the central station I watch the buses leave in silence, bound for foreign distant places The Andes hold me close A mothers only son I feel weightless in the valley, like I'm everywhere at once
[Chorus] I'm laying low A stray dog in the street You took me home We’re sister cities
I'm laying low A stray dog in the street You took me home We’re sister cities
[Verse 2] We came here abandoned An old brick faced apartment Rusted swing set in the courtyard, like the one that I was born in I'm guarded like I'm wounded, my first instinct's always “run”
I wanna turn to steam I wanna call it off I wanna lighten the dark I wanna swallow the sun
[Chorus] I'm laying low A stray dog in the street You took me home We’re sister cities
I'm laying low A stray dog in the street You took me home
[Bridge] I was just mange and skin and bone You took me into your home Kept warm on a blanket from your worn out winter coat
[Chorus] I'm laying low A stray dog in the street You took me home We’re sister cities
I'm laying low A stray dog in the street You took me home We’re sister cities
I'm laying low A stray dog in the street You took me home We’re sister cities