Time To Leave

Cm G# D# Gm7 Cm A# G# Cm G# D# Gm7 I part the faded curtain in my small urban bedsit Cm A# G# And look out on another empty day Cm G# D# Gm7 A lone car rolls past with its lights showing nothing Cm A# G# Til the hungry city draws it away Cm G# D# Gm7 On the corner is a small park, where no one’s been for years Cm A# G# Where broken bottles lay themselves to rest Cm G# D# Gm7 There’s an old faded sign there, hanging from the wall Cm A# G# Welcoming the city’s every guest A# Cm Are these walls getting closer? A# Cm Will there still be room to move, room to breathe? A# Cm Are these walls getting closer? A# G# Will there still be time to leave Cm G# D# Gm7 Another piece of paper is washed up in the rain Cm A# G# Sharing the gutter with an old can Cm G# D# Gm7 The streets are deserted on this cold Sunday morning Cm A# G# Except for one slow moving old man Cm G# D# Gm7 Who is dragging his dog along the cracked cobbled pavement Cm A# G# His tattered raincoat pulled up around his head Cm G# D# Gm7 Around all the buildings have barred, broken windows Cm A# G# And inside their grey world is dead A# Cm Are these walls getting closer? A# Cm Will there still be room to move, room to breathe? A# Cm Are these walls getting closer? A# G# Will there still be time to leave G# A# D# G# A# D# Looking out beyond the city, I see the golden fields, where all the life has gone G# A# D# G# G7 Looking out beyond the city, behind these grey walls, I look up to see the sun Instr Verse Cm G# D# Gm7 Cm A# G# 2x A# Cm Are these walls getting closer? A# Cm Will there still be room to move, room to breathe? A# Cm Are these walls getting closer? A# G# Will there still be time to leave