The Catbird Seat - Darlingside

Here I am now

It took some time to come around

Sometimes I think it took me down

Sometimes I think

In the catbird seat

The only trees were on my street

The only step was at my door

Into a city I stood for

Here I have been

This view with a room and a stupid grin

Not fit to choose which shoes to fit in

Not fit to choose

Here I have found

That you can sink on solid ground

And words like that don’t make a sound

When something looks sturdy

In the catbird seat

The only shoes were on my feet

In them I walked Mass Avenue

Street-wise and see-through

By you I swore

By the light or the way you wore it

Now instead I swear I’m over it

In the catbird seat

The only dreams were in my sleep

And all the things I ever owned

Were in boxes I borrowed