Boys with a basketball   Kept in a cage to save us all   And I walked the long way home   Down all the streets we never go down   We never go down      He must've been ten years old   Pressed to the steamy window   This is where dreams are born   Watching the Soho girls perform   The girls perform      And you are on the other side of the city that I cross at night   On a sequin trail of red, red lights   I'll be watching all the dirty birds    In flight   In flight      This is the secret life   This is where TV came to die   And here is where sex is sold   Twenty pound notes are passed and rolled   They're passed and rolled      They cover the walls in flowers   To muffle the drinkers after hours    I kicked the curb right there   Cities are sordid love affairs   Are love affairs      And you are on the other side of the waters that we'll swim at night   And it's not quite home yet   But that's alright   I'll be watching all the dirty birds   In flight   In flight      I will grow my wings and fly away from here, I will   I will grow my wings and I will fly away from here   We will grow our wings and we will fly away from here, we will   From here, we will   We will grow our wings and we will fly away from here   We will grow our wings and we will fly away from here, we will   From here, we will   We will grow our wings and we will fly away from here, we will   From here, we will   We will grow our wings and we will fly away from here, we will   From here, we will   We will grow our wings and we will fly away from here, we will   From here, we will   We will grow our wings and we will fly away from here, we will   From here, we will   We will grow our wings and we will fly away from here, we will   From here, we will