tina dico knows my name

I need a room with a view
and armchair by the window,
cup of coffee and a cigarette or two

I watch the sky turn from hazy gray to black
watch my neighbors go to work
and look exhausted and burned out
when they get back...
think about you
thank god for this beautiful view

I recall you took me swimming
the sea was dark and cold
you'd been there many times before
with many different girls I'd been told

but what's a man without a past?
we love him for his lies and then we try
to break him down
to make it last,
till they come true...
thank god for this beautiful view

beautiful view...you...I still love you

the dark is falling and the city fills with light
cars like shining pearls on strings
moving through the emptiness of night.
the wine is running to my head
I'm spellbound by the moment
pick it up, can't find the strength to go to bed
without you...thank god for this beautiful view

beautiful view...you...I still love you

I've been blind, too blind to tell false from truth
I've been so busy running never stopped to think
where I was running to

and I've learned my lesson from the tears I've had to cry
sometimes it's good to take a break
to sit alone and watch the world go by
cause everything is new
thank god for this beautiful view
every day is new
thank god for this beautful view