Ruin Songtext
von Cat Power

I′ve seen gypsies who made it all the way and kept goin'
Kept rollin′ with nowhere to go
Nowhere to go

As far as I've seen from the bush
In the wilderness, to every known city
I've been to Saudi Arabia, Dhaka, Calcutta
Soweto, Mozambique, Istanbul, Rio, Rome
Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Taiwan, Great Britain
Belfast, to the desert, Spain

Some little bitty island in the middle of the Pacific
All the way back home, to my town
To my town

Bitching, complaining
When some ṗeople who ain′t got shit to eat
Bitching, moaning
So many people, you know what they got


What are we doin′?
We're sittin′ on a ruin
What are we doin'?
We′re sittin' on a ruin

As far as I′ve seen, from the bush
In the wilderness, to every known city
I've been to Saudi Arabia, dug up Calcutta
Soweto, Mozambique, Istanbul, Rio, Rome
Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Taiwan, Great Britain
Belfast, to the desert, Spain, Tokyo

Some little bitty island in the middle of the Ṗacific
All the way back home, to my town
To my town

Bitching, complaining
When some people who ain't got shit to eat
Bitching, moaning
So many people, you know what they got

What are we doin′?
We′re sittin' on a ruin
What are we doin′?
We're sittin′ on a ruin


What are we doin'?
We′re sittin' on a ruin
What are we doin'?
We′re sittin′ on a ruin