He Told Her the City Was Killing Him

He Told Her the City Was Killing Him - The Delines/Willy Vlautin

He told her the city was killing him

Everyone was stacked in a row

She was 35 years old

He was the first man she ever fell in with

The first man she ever lived with

Her friends told her it was a mistake

But she quit her job and used the money she'd saved

They packed up her car and drove

To the dessert and the new used out home

She got a job in a bank

He got drunk one night and threw a chair at her

While she was sleeping

Now she's staring out the window getting old

Such a price to pay for not wanting to live alone

She never knew where he'd go

But he was hardly ever home

And he said the dessert was killing him

So they packed her car and moved on

They pick up and start again

They'd fall apart and start again

Lose a job and start again

Get bruised up and start again

Now she's staring out the window getting old

Such a price to pay

Now she's staring out the window getting old

Such a price to pay for not wanting to be alone