Sheets

I left my sheets in New York
Because it was too short
Because their dreams are better left untidied, unsaid
Uncared, uncleaned, untied

I left my sheets in New York
Because it was too sweet
For me to handle, too grand, too unreal
And yet so palpable

I left my sheets in New York
I left the residue, the bedbugs, the memories
Our imprint, our shadow, I left it as well
My knees are weak and my eyes slowly swell

I left my sheets in New York
Waiting to be occupied by others
For the love of a moment and its powerful fleetingness
A tangled silhouette, a passing train

I left my sheets in New York
I left the residue, the bedbugs, the memories
Our imprint, our shadow, I left it as well
My knees are weak and my eyes slowly swell

I write this song, away so long
I fly in the opposite direction

I left my sheets in New York
But they are all I will need
You're coming with me, my love
To Beirut if you please