First Night Under a Different Sky

Lyrics

The train let me down at nine o'clock
In a city I don't know
The streetlights hum a different tune
And the wind has a different flow
I carry my guitar on my back
And your letter in my coat
I'll read it when I reach my room
With a quiet lump in my throat

First night under a different sky
Same moon, a different street
I'll hum the song you taught me
To the stairs beneath my feet
Far from home and far from you
But the tune comes with me still
First night under a different sky
And I think I always will

The room is small, the bed is narrow
There's a window with a view
Of rooftops and a single star
And a laundry line of blue
I tune the strings by lamplight
And I play it soft and low
So the neighbours do not hear me
But the walls begin to know

First night under a different sky
Same moon, a different street
I'll hum the song you taught me
To the stairs beneath my feet
Far from home and far from you
But the tune comes with me still
First night under a different sky
And I think I always will

Tomorrow I will learn the bus
Tomorrow find the shop
Tonight I only breathe and play
And let the worries drop

First night under a different sky
Same moon, a different street
I'll hum the song you taught me
To the stairs beneath my feet
Far from home and far from you
But the tune comes with me still
First night under a different sky
And I think I always will

Different sky, same moon
Same song