Jim Caroll - City Drops Into The Night Lyrics
Its when billys whores are re to seeorkinTheyre workin with the skeleton crewIts when the sky over jerseyThat sky starts to drain from viewIts when my woman pawns her voice soSo she can make her old excuses sound newBut I just want one clueRefrain:cause when the city drops into the nightBefore the darkness theres one moment of lightWhen everything seems clearThe other side, it seems so nearWhat seemed wrong?I think its gonna be just about rightBefore the city drops, the city dropsInto the nightIts when the door to the riverThat door is like 26 milesIts when ambitious little girls startThey start to dream about a change in styleIts when the slick boys got their fingersThey got their fingers in the telephone dialBut I think Ill just wait a whileRepeat refrainIts when the sneak thieves are checkinTheyre checkin the alleys for unlocked doorsAnd billys sisters gettin frantic causecause billys sisters little brother cant scoreIts when the woman from the dream is . . .Oh my god! thats the woman on the floorEach promise was just one promise moreRepeat refrainIts when teddys ghost is on the roofBeatin his drumAnd teddys best friend is two blocks eastAnd hes makin teddys ex-girlfriend comeYou know, they mistook teddys blind trust . . .Just to prove that teddy was dumb . . .But listen, you know, I think they are both just scumRepeat refrainIts when the body at the bottom,That body is my own reflectionBut it aint hip to sink that lowUnless youre gonna make a resurrectionTheyre always gonna come to your doorTheyre gonna say, its just a routine inspectionBut what you get when you open your doorWhat you get is just another injectionAnd theres always gonna be one moreWith just a little bit less until the next oneThey wait in shadows and steal the light from your eyesTo them visions just some costly infectionBut listen, you should come with meIm the fire, Im the fires reflectionIm just a constant warning to take the other directionMister, I am your connectionRepeat refrain
