Oh I lie here staring at the ceiling ♪ And I wonder what's happening outside Oh I know you've got the same blank feeling You don't have to tell me I'm right Beyond the outskirts Come with us, We're small town dreaming, we're birds on a wire Beyond the outskirts Come with us We'll jump out of the page and into the fire Oh well we could sit here by the chain link fence And talk for hours about Saturday Oh well I know it makes no difference To anything much anyway Beyond the outskirts, Come with us We're small town dreaming, we're birds on a wire Beyond the outskirts Come with us, We'll jump out of the page and into the fire ♪ Beyond the outskirts Come with us We're small town dreaming, throwing coins in the fire Beyond the outskirts Come with us We'll jump out of the page and over the wire Beyond the outskirts Come with us, We're small town dreaming, we're birds on a wire Beyond the outskirts Come with us We'll jump out of the page and into the fire Oh I lie here staring at the ceiling and I wonder what's happening outside Oh I know you've got the same blank feeling I wonder where you are tonight