John Zdrojeski - Mother Tongue Lyrics

Came on like a fever
A compulsion to retrace
Maybe it's this city
Forever married to her face
For me
Beset by phantoms
Footprints that I made
With no one left here
To commune with
No one left
Who knows my name
Come now
I long to fill my lungs
And somehow
Speak once more
In the mother tongue
Cause I've burned bridges
That didn't lead to what I need
And god knows
I've been burned too
By those who want
No part of me
I'm searching for the spirit
I had when we were starting out
When I took poems
From her kisses
Oh and I poured them
In the concrete
Of this city's sacred ground
Will you come now
I long fill my lungs
And somehow
Remind me of
The mother tongue
Another time, a different way
It probably all worked out
But though it pains me to say
Guess it still all worked out
Okay
Don't know what I'm trying
To say now
Cause I'm not asking
For your heart
I was just reminded
How I loved you
Though we were meant
To be apart
And all I hope
All I want
You find someone
Who speaks to you
Sings to you
In the mother tongue
Oh the mother tongue
The fever must come to an end
And I don't long
To venture back now
Just want to find myself again