He'll need some time to get over this   But a moment is all he can spare   His buddies out there in the city lights   And he is trying to care      See him offering himself to the world   Staring down from the fifty-sixth floor   Yeah, I'll be happy just to catch him again   We go out, we don't always come back      The night pressing in on his weary mind   There's a half-eaten moon in the sky   Nothing is calling him back to bed   And no one is saying goodbye      See him offering himself to the world   Staring down from the fifty-sixth floor   Yeah, I'll be happy just to catch him again   We go out because we go back   And back, and back, and back      See him offering himself to the world   Staring down from the fifty-sixth floor   Yeah, and he's not happy, it's the weekend again   We go out, we don't always come back      See him offering himself to the world   Staring down from the fifty-sixth floor   Yeah, and I'll be happy just to catch him again   We go out because we go back, we go back   And back, and back, and back, and back   And back, and back, and back      See him offering himself to the world   Staring down