Lyrics


No Mean City


She left her basement in Scarborough.
She left her Scarborough behind.
Past hydro wires, mall paths, and low-rise structures of practical cause.
And neither her nor Scarborough said goodbye.

A train: it leaves every 5 or 10;
and a woman, she'll leave only once
to love with no mean assurance,
to live in no mean city.

He left his bedroom in Maple.
He left his Maple behind.
Past starter homes finishing ghetto, sad labyrinths of practical cause.
And neither him nor Maple said goodbye.

And a bus: it leaves every 40;
and a man, he'll leave only once
to love with no mean commitment,
to live in no mean city.

And guilt: the memory of that good intent
for us to drown or wash in;
but to trust with no mean unknowing
is to live in no mean city.