the girls from the streets
Singer:walker, scott
suffocating eyes and fast hellos and last good-byes
mustache large like smoke from his cigar
coughs up a joke and laughs a net of sound
swallowing the pinwheel clowns
snap! the waiters animate
luxuriate like planets whirling 'round the sun
they're just more wrong than right
his brandy brimmed voice whispers
come with me i hold the key
she shrieks her gold teeth flash
earthquaking the sawdust ground
he grabs my arm and out into the famished night
now two blazing leaves burning up ground
the tiny waltz of a merry go round
cascading lights for every heartbeat
tonight we'll sleep with the girls from the streets
hurry faster don't look back
his coattails snap his laughter's burning in my ears
i ride upon this giant storm
through rust-red rooms where shadows breathe from every board
the world is up for auction sales
the women's tear-tracked cheeks
still we'll dance them on and on
not now until we reach the dawn
give us your sad and devouring eyes
cascading tears for every heartbeat
tonight we'll sleep with the girls from the streets