Drinking Beer on the Roof
From the album Scattered
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
I could have stayed there forever
That rooftop in Chicago
Watching the helicopters
Circling around the smokestacks
And listening to you laughing
As the sun kissed the buildings
After we stayed up all night
Drinking beer on the roof
[Verse 2]
All those empty cans
Shining in the sunlight
As we stood upon our tower
Of brick and tar and soot
And the cars so small and quiet
Filled the streets below
After we stayed up all night
Drinking beer on the roof
[Interlude]
[Verse 3]
As every sleepy pigeon
Under the rusted trestle
Tucked its dusty head
Beneath a folded wing
The clouds kissed the smokestacks
And the helicopters sang
After we stayed up all night
Drinking beer on the roof
[Verse 4]
And you shone like an apple
All tangled hair and laughter
And it seemed the sun might stay there
At the very edge of the world
Making silver wonders
Of every crumbling building
After we stayed up all night
Drinking beer on the roof
[Outro]
