Everyone knows you were going But I couldn't tell you when You bought a postcard, your hands were new And I knew I couldn't take you there To a place that doesn't cast such a shadow And the winter don't last so long In our throats the war was born, then it's gone Oh yeah, Milwaukee Milwaukee, you're my one horse town Milwaukee, Milwaukee I knew we'd run with the tempo And beat up your traffic hard All the words I've writ, which build sings in A glass sleep on the waking wall In a place that doesn't cast such a shadow And the waiting don't last so long In our coats, your hands are warm, and they're ours Oh yeah, Milwaukee Milwaukee, you're my one horse town Milwaukee, Milwaukee