Nights Become Days

We saw in the dawn from the roof of the bar When nights become days and you've gone too far We listened to songbirds and rush hour cars and welcomed in the day You said, "London in summertime is great, On days like this I feel like I could escape From things that I've done and mistakes that I've made. I'd wash it all away" We bathed like swimmers in the morning sun, And waited for our night to end It felt like one of us would come down hard And one of us would start again It started out curious, it started out fun We smoked in the woods when we were young And secretly slipped something under our tongues And danced the night away And everyone stumbles on old cocaine It burns out the flesh, and it burdens the brain 'Til brown comes and whisks away your pain And you find you've lost your way We bathed like swimmers in the morning sun, Waiting for our night to end It felt like one of us would come down hard And one of us would start again Sink in the river for your death Swallow forever 'til nothing's left Sleep with the fishes, draw no breath Take no rest Oh my friend, Look to the shore you'd see us here, We're waiting Oh my friend, if you made for the shore, You'd see us here, we're all waiting Don't sink in the river for your death Could start fresh tomorrow, leave what's left You could sleep in the shade, draw some breath Please draw breath, please draw breath Let's let nights become days So come down kid the roofs not safe now All my friends are waiting for you to get some rest --- Nights Become Days - Frank Turner