The moon is hanging low, over the central station I watch the buses leave in silence, bound for foreign distant places The Andes hold me close A mothers only son I feel weightless in the valley Like I'm everywhere at once I'm laying low A stray dog in the street You took me home We're sister cities I'm laying low A stray dog in the street You took me home We're sister cities ♪ We came here abandoned An old brick faced apartment Rusted swing set in the courtyard, like the one that I was born in I'm guarded like I'm wounded, my first instinct's always "run" I wanna turn the scene I wanna call it off I wanna lighten the dark I wanna swallow the sun I'm laying low A stray dog in the street You took me home We're sister cities I'm laying low A stray dog in the street You took me home I was just mangy skin and bone You took me into your home Kept warm on a blanket from your worn out winter coat I'm laying low A stray dog in the street You took me home We're sister cities I'm laying low A stray dog in the street You took me home We're sister cities I'm laying low A stray dog in the street You took me home We're sister cities ♪ We're sister cities