Fire escapes on the side of buildings
There’s a light on in the distance on the
Fourteenth floor, I counted
Fire escapes outside my window
Take out the screen
You’re above 3rd Avenue

When you’re finished
Buying paints and stuff for the lobby
Maybe you could come up here and I’ll
Sing to you till darkness

Fire escape outside my window
If something should burn
We’ll be all right darling

Oh, I love you, from afar
Oh, I love you, from afar
Oh, I love you….

Everyday is getting colder and the light is more impatient
I wish I lived on the fire escape, right outside your window
I’d like to sit with you quietly in
A room this winter

Oh, I love you, from afar
Oh, I love you, from afar
Oh, I love you

Fire escapes on the sides of buildings
If everything suddenly went up in flames
We’d be all right darling….

(lyrics: Dan Bern)