John Mark McMillan – Philadelphia lyrics

[Verse 1]
You step through me and the screen door hits the wood
And you're packing all your things
You say you're moving out there to Hollywood
And I can't do a thing
When you say there's nothing for you in this cardboard town
And every bridge you cross, You're gonna burn it to the ground
And you won't listen to a word that I'm telling ya

[Chorus]
So who's running through these halls in the houses of pain
That are staring back at me like the ocean from a plane
And I swear I've seen your eyes in the ghost of Philadelphia

[Verse 2]
I think about you late at night sometimes when I can't sleep
'Cause I can hear the train
It's always there, you just don't know it 'till a quarter to three
You just can't hear it in the day
When everybody's got your number in this plexiglass town
Where the birds they ain't got wings
But no one makes a sound 'cause they all know how to fly
Just I wouldn't buy what they're selling ya

[Chorus]
So who's running through these halls in the houses of pain
That are staring back at me like the ocean from a plane
And I swear I've seen your eyes in the ghost of Philadelphia

[Interlude]

[Verse 3]
I run into your old man every once and again
Mostly in the spring
Reminds me of our younger and more genuine days when
You weren't so out of reach
Still for all your running you just can't change a mile
Of what you carry around in the closet of your mind
And the days keep coming, man, they never fail ya

[Outro]
You're never gonna run away
From what you're hanging 'round your head
You're never gonna run away
From what you're hanging 'round your head
You're never gonna run away
From what you're hanging 'round your head
And I'm never gonna run away
From what you said