Afternoons of smoke and wine
No man can measure
Lately I remember
And the sun may find him sleeping
That he can't breathe here
That she was grieving
But peace and pleasure
Did you see his lady
That she can't either
She was looking where he'd gone
And with a smile he told me
On his way across the sea
But he only came to say
Did you see our brother
Early today the mechanical city was waking
Just as if to tell her man
While the skyline was shaking
Early today as I watched
Out through the laughter of children and dogs
Seeing something far away
She's bound to go
She's bound to go
And the sun may find me running after them
Did you see his lady
But he only came to say
That he wanted just to be
For his boat in some city far away
Perhaps she'll find him waiting
There was nothing we could find
That he was leaving
In the dust of some ruin far away
And I ran out stumbling, mumbling
He was here the other day
He won't be back
But she wasn't letting on
He won't be back
They're bound to go
She was reaching for his hand
I heard a rumbling
