I heard it all, i heard it from my friends They spared no detail, from beginning to end There was a party last night where you used to live And i wanted to go But i didn't The birds started singing, i didn't sleep tonight How late it is in the early morning light And i'm thinking those slow, dripping thoughts And i could have made sense of them But i did not I made my escape, i'm lying in tall grass I'm staring into space, the sun is coming fast And i'm taken by the gentlest thing And i wish i had stayed with you until morning But i didn't I like the way that the tall buildings look, oh oh From the traffic on the bridge It gives me the chance to sit, be still, and think Of things that i didn't