World Outside Your Window

(Tanita Tikaram)

   

Everyone had said that I might go

Coz my red suitcase and my ray-bans weren't quite so

I'd bear the heavy wind and rain that falls

I'll never come back again

Coz you know how I laugh when winter shows her hand

Well, that picture frame is the saddest thing you'll see

But it bought me time and a place that love could be

And since I'm going now please rearrange

Coz I'd like to think that things have changed

I don't believe you'll be open anymore

Tell me if you want to see

A world outside your window

A world outside your window isn't free

And tell me if you want to catch that feeling of redemption

That feeling of redemption don't do much for me

Well, everyone was hoping you would stay a while

Tell us about that great land in the South

And you see that man - now ain't he under offer?

I tell you child you go wash out your mouth

Tell me if you want to see

A world outside your window

A world outside your window isn't free

And tell me if you want to catch that feeling of redemption

That feeling of redemption don't do much for me

What can you say

I'm hiding in the belfry

How can you say – I wanna catch time

How can you say you know anything about me

Because I knew about you – but I won't care about you

Everyone has come to see, well some things have to die

Flowers out for this photographic haunt, but they all pass me by

But the age is not a funny game, it don't give such a buzz

And when I winced with ignorance

I had to kiss this dust

Tell me if you want to see

A world outside your window

A world outside your window isn't free

And tell me if you want to catch that feeling of redemption
That feeling of redemption don't do much for me