Michigan Avenue

Verse 1

Midnight trains on elevated lines

Metal groaning in the sharp winter air

Left my youth in some bar back in June

Pockets hold nothing but bus fare

Frozen palms and a heavy heart

Looking at the river that never flows

Pre-Chorus

Was it the pride

Was it the time I let go

Walking under the iron skeletons

Trying to find where the signal broke

Chorus

Lost my way on Michigan Ave

Tracing ghosts in the gray stone

Oh I should have stayed

I should have stayed home

Wondering where the spark went out

Standing in the wind alone

Verse 2

Ten years since I had a plan

Moving through the crowd like a stain

Saw my face in a darkened window

Didn't recognize the shape of the pain

Footsteps fading into the wet pavement

Turning down an alley that goes nowhere

Pre-Chorus

Was it the pride

Was it the time I let go

Walking under the iron skeletons

Trying to find where the signal broke

Chorus

Lost my way on Michigan Ave

Tracing ghosts in the gray stone

Oh I should have stayed

I should have stayed home

Wondering where the spark went out

Standing in the wind alone

Bridge

Broken light flickering red

Tired eyes counting the blocks

Tired feet kicking the cans

Everything ends at the shore

Chorus

Lost my way on Michigan Ave

Tracing ghosts in the gray stone

Oh I should have stayed

I should have stayed home

Wondering where the spark went out

Standing in the wind alone