And I said goodbye to the city street
To the angry gesture of people we meet
And I said goodbye to Hollywood
You know you won't but maybe you should
This place has taken a hole outta me
And to the things we've learn to accept and then defend
To the mobile voice please don't touch me friend
And I said goodbye to the polluted city
The light left on to the prescripted pity
And people just being mean
Come & see
Come & see
And I said goodnight to the endless day
To the commercial lives the price we pay
I turned my back on my inner hypocrisy
To your last stand at truth and democracy
To hear the music of my soul not the radio
From Tobacco Alley and Auroras bed
From the philosophies of love to where parting wept
From its monochrome smile that stole all your luck
From the needles and dreams and the belles of the viaduct
But my soul it needs to breathe
And I'm free
And I'm free
And back home I turned up my circus in a rented loft
No regrets but cigarettes and pipes that cough
Now I am a man who has seen the world
Where once I prayed for God and valued gold
Everything I have is inside of me
Between the rain and light of chinatown
I stood and watched a woman love a man
I remembered drowning to a sirens song
And the dolphins came and took me home
Allow my soul to breathe
Come & see
Come & see
But I missed autumn walks in a windy park
The tragedy of life and dogs that bark
To the exhibitions that command us to stand and stare
And provoke our thoughts that once were not there
And in the fish markets there's a ballet of the soul
To the book store and the scream of the ambulance
To the energy of love and intimate circumstance
To the grace of design and the morning post
And friends that come when your need is most
Here was everything you could be
Come & see
Come & see