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This City Never Was My Home

from A Summer of Words by the Empty Church by The Idle Owl

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lyrics

The coffee it helps
Quench this dull headache
I’ve had now for numerous days,
Too many late nights
Ales and tablets
I’ve burnt up my turn of phrase

You ruthlessly call me
And tell me quite firmly
That this time it really is it,
I press the red button
Dig my head in the pillow
As the message it slowly transmits

This city never was my home,
But I miss it I miss it so,
This city never was my home,
And now I've got no place to go.

In this strange room
I don’t at all recognise
All this clutter surrounding the bed,
It makes no more sense
Than the apathy circling
In the nest at the front of my head

I’ll lay here all day
Until this numb goes away
And motivation returns to my bones,
The air here is stagnant
It’s so hard to drift off
When dragged back by one's slatternly clothes

This city never was my home,
But I miss it I miss it so,
This city never was my home,
And now I've got no place to go.

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from A Summer of Words by the Empty Church, released December 7, 2020
Acoustic guitar and vocals - The Idle Owl

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Energetic & punky singer/songwriter. Born in Switzerland but now living in Sheffield.

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