try and try and try again
spoke life into the catalyst
i found the lights of baltimore
draped upon five thirty's skin

mercury and sodium
they both extinguish when i'm passing
coincidences spun into
significant distractions

we're drinking from the old estate
i'm not leaving when it's getting late
i will give you this
i never saw it coming

and the alleyway spills my blood
leaves it dry in sunday sun
i never slept i never slept
i never slept i never slept

i...

someone said that i seem lonely
i wish i had a fire escape
stare out on the rooftops
soaking in the filtered rays

of suffering and love and fate
streaming through the concrete
and i'd never sleep i'd never sleep
i'd never sleep i'd never sleep

i...

there's a citywide lullaby
rising late october's nights
when the moon threads the
steam from the manholes and i'm finally

slipping in the window
and turning down the bed
and staring at the telepone
and shutting off my head

and it's time time time time time time time time

and the alleyway knows my blood
pulses through all these songs
cause it's been the first to hear them
and it's been the first to sing along

and i know it's just echoes
and the walls are unaware
but sometimes i need a mirror
to remember that i'm here

and i...



back alley downtempo

BacK


copyright 2004 daniel s. zimmerman