Verso 1: 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 ( ) ( ) Verso 2: 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 want a light in 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 We're sister cities Ponte: I was just mange and 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 Final: