The Paris of Nowhere

Lyrics

[Verse 1: Dan Campbell] We're building shrines to Saint Nick Foles In the windows, in the living rooms I'm playing "Dancing with a Ghost" In the soft light of the afternoon I'm alone in the house where your sister died [Verse 2: Dan Campbell] We're building shrines to Saint Nick Foles In the churches, in the alleyways I watched the river overflow From the Schuylkill in the pouring rain I'm alone in the house where your sister died On the block that you lived your entire life [Pre-Chorus: Dan Campbell] And I takе the same train I did at nineteen And wе danced on the benches in an empty Market East [Chorus: Dan Campbell] Throw me into the Delaware And leave me down at the bottom there The black lung of the east coast The Paris of nowhere Into the Delaware And leave me down at the bottom there Desperate, kind, and cutthroat The Paris of nowhere (The Paris of nowhere) [Verse 3: Dan Campbell] We're planting gardens in the potholes No one comes to fill them in I'll love you when nobody else will All shoulder chips and paper skin You're a kid swinging off of a traffic light You're a block party outside a junkyard fire [Chorus: Dan Campbell] Throw me into the Delaware And leave me down at the bottom there The black lung of the east coast The Paris of nowhere Into the Delaware And leave me down at the bottom there Desperate, kind, and cutthroat The Paris of nowhere [Bridge: Dan Campbell & Matt Brasch] Two feet of snow on the ground And it's still coming down So I'm gonna dig you out I'm gonna dig you out It must get lonely without Colleen and Cheryl around I'm gonna dig you out I'm gonna dig you out Still got the flowers we found taped to the door of our house I'm gonna dig you out I'm gonna dig you out You were always looking out [Chorus] Throw me into the Delaware And leave me down at the bottom there The black lung of the east coast The Paris of nowhere Into the Delaware And leave me down at the bottom there Desperate, kind, and cutthroat The Paris of nowhere The Paris of nowhere The Paris of nowhere