Pavement Lyrics

I can see the city streets

They're sprawling out in front of me

The trees are green but they're so far away

This pavement's grey and it's here to stay

If I never understand

Then I never have to hide

If we never have to leave this place

Then we never have to die

We can take the long way home

Fall in love between telephone poles

The cracks beneath our feet are sharp

There's always light even after dark

If I never understand

Then I never have to hide

If we never have to leave this place

Then we never have to die

There's not always light in the heart of the darkness

Dirty streets make even the sweetest fruit rotten

We've strayed too far from our roots

And our children will pay for our fathers' views'

We came from the forest and we left our trees

We put on clothes and we built machines

Test the limits of science and the will of the gods

Human being are nothing but organized frauds

If I never understand

Then I never have to hide

If we never have to leave this place

Then we never have to die