Hello There - Title Tracks

If I am bringing you down

I didn’t know that it was you

That I was cutting into

With all my futile ministrations

And my static indications

How did you keep on doing what you said you’d do?

If I am bringing you down

I didn’t know if it was true

That I was relevant to you

I couldn’t draw a map

My phone was tapped

And then they wouldn’t let me do the things

I promised I would do for you

If I am bringing you down

I didn’t think it could be true

That you were hurting too

That after all that time

I couldn’t sign my name across the papers

That we drew up for me and for you

Please don’t think this side is really me

It’s only a prop for my protection

I don’t blame you for breaking free

I think that I ought to move in your direction

Hello, there

We were all dreams

For most of the 1970s

Hello, there

It’s just obscene

What my explanations really mean

I don’t know what to do

Without all of you

If you go someplace new

Oh, could you take me, too?

If I am bringing you down

It’s not ‘cause I didn’t try to let the anger die

But you can’t close your eyes when you’re inside this cornerless room

Unless you’re happy to sing the same tune

If I am bringing you down

You ought to know that this town will make a quiet sound

That you can hear from years away

Now wasn’t it yesterday that we took a few notes of our own?