the same old loose lipped cannon   speaks for you today   alone without your talent   there’s not much to say      and all these arguements   are meaningless today   and the reasons why they’ve   vanished in the haze      (2*) calling downtown   no reasons do they owe you   tell me   how’d you think it came to be      (2*) calling downtown   how they come to love you   when you didn’t want to set   them free      we don’t forgive to know you   will you ever see   know reasons do we owe you   how’d it come to be      the leaves have lost their shadows   deep amongst the grey   i hope that you’ll be friendly   i heard someone say      (2*) it’s a stranger, calling downtown   the further away you get      its easy to start from the back of the line   where there’s no one to tell you you’re still behind   it’s a stranger the further away you get   and you never miss your friends   until you can’t relate to the people beside you   here today .   it’s a stranger the further away you get      calling downtown   calling downtown