Song Description
Feeling alone amongst thousands of people-even Petulla Clark can't lift your spirits
| Song Length |
3:39 |
Genre |
Rock - Modern, Pop - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Anxious, Moving |
Subject |
Unrequited Love, Heartbreak |
| Similar Artists |
David Bowie |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
A Tear Fell In Times Square
Girl now I called you, I don?t like the way we look lately
You said you?d call me have you burned that page in your address book
Babe, I had my doubts, the words stuck in your throat
So for my sake, I walked out, I?ve got the antedote for heartache
Come on downtown Petulla said
come let the neon go to your head like cheap champaigne
Then a tear fell in times square
A tear fell in times square again
So it?s come to this, scuffling around in a cold town
With your freezing kiss, a sting on my lips as I look down
And I broke down I called you, I was curt and cold on your phone machine
Guess I called to say things that I don?t mean
Come on downtown Petulla said
come let the neon go to your head no that?s not rain
Then a tear fell in times square
A tear fell in times square again
(bridge)
A tear fell in times square
Splashed in the gutter and froze there
Thousands of trod but they don?t care
A tear fell in times square
©, Andrew Matheson, 1987