[ti:Teardrop Windows] [ar:Benjamin Gibbard] [al:Former Lives] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Teardrop Windows - Benjamin Gibbard [00:00.41]Written by:Benjamin Gibbard [00:00.83]Teardrop windows crying in the sky [00:04.81]He is all alone and wondering why [00:09.50]Ivory white but feeling kinda blue [00:13.54]'Cause there's no one there to share the view [00:18.20]There's too many vacancies [00:22.42]He's been feeling oh so empty [00:27.05]And when the sun sets over the sound [00:30.20]He just goes to sleep [00:36.31]Built in boast as the tallest on the coast [00:40.18]He was once a city's only toast [00:44.85]And in old postcards was positioned as the star [00:49.10]He was looked up to with fond regard [00:53.49]But in 1962 the needle made its big debut [01:02.63]And everybody forgot what it outgrew [01:11.64]He wonders where the workers are who once filled every floor [01:20.36]And the elevators operate but don't much anymore [01:45.29]Teardrop windows crying in the sky [01:49.00]How the years have quickly passed him by [01:53.87]Gleaming white against the deepest baby blue [01:58.00]He is lonely just like me and you [02:02.67]There's too many vacancies [02:06.86]He's been feeling oh so empty [02:11.35]And when the sun sets over the sound [02:14.80]He just goes to sleep [02:20.62]There's too many vacancies [02:24.59]He's been feeling oh so empty [02:29.09]And when the maids they turn out the lights [02:32.33]He just goes to sleep