This song was recorded before      I am somewhere in the city   I am climbing up a fire escape   I am somewhere in the city   I am climbing up a fire escape   I have gotta save my baby   From a mess this world has made      I arrive through a window   I leave through a hole in the wall   I arrive through a window   I leave through a hole in the wall   I scramble down the stairwell   With my baby, cradle and all      Helicopter, helicopter   Let your long rope down   Let us sway into the sunset   I have done all I can do in this town      Tom Violence has taken   The wind out of my sails   Tom Violence has taken   The wind out of my sails   Helicopter has taken to breaking this dreaming spell   This song was recorded before      My mind is a-racing   My heart is prepared somehow   My mind is a-racing   My heart is prepared somehow   For that searchlight come shining   And find me under a cloud      Helicopter, helicopter   Let your long rope down   Let us sway into the sunset   I have done all I can do in this town