The City - Lyrics - Sarah Harmer

Born and raised in Burlington, Ontario, Harmer gained her first exposure to the musician's lifestyle as a teenager, when her older sister Mary started taking her to Tragically Hip concerts. At the age of 17, she was invited to join a Toronto band, The Saddletramps. For three years, she juggled The Saddletramps with her studies in philosophy and women's studies at Queen's University.

The city was too late for us I got there and you wanted to get away The city was too great for us We slept through the blue skies on the clouds on the duvet The streets are all too straight for us A parade of nobility seen from above The city is to blame for us And what was our love What was... The city makes you make a fuss These places to meet up under the light The city's got its stake in us It's keeping receipts of our hellos and our hi's And everything is made of dust From the box of the comics to the little street mice The city takes so long to get quiet And *** wasn't sleeping that night Before we knew it, we knew it was right Before we blew it I didn't know that we might And now it's somebody's story And I'm not sorry that it's mine Before we knew it we were out of time And the city says, "Oh, if I could..." But the rain soaked battered view makes you not sure Am I walking in your neighborhood? I was just driving by the rained out streets where we once were And even though it's way too late Time seems to have stopped still where we stood You ran back and you're somewhere in the city You're somewhere in the city and I hope you're good