Are You There

[Intro]
Are you there? Did patience wane?
Did you fall asleep to your four-track recording of rain?
Do you feel tame? Do you feel insane?
Is there anyone in the audience currently living in vain?

[Verse 1]
Hard times, old ways
Takes up a lot of time, hard times
Uses up whole days
All those actresses
Leasing compact cars
Boiling water at four in the morning
In the outfield of Elysian Park

[Bridge]
Gone too soon
To the Void Saloon
All night, lighting wet cigarettes
In a dog-breath room

[Verse 2]
Rough lovers in deserted hallways
Crazed with unbuttoning
Everything must go, button-wise
Fumbling with keys to the door
On the 94th floor
Knees buckling in the threshold
The world, open wide, open wide

[Bridge]
And we just shiver on the counter
'Cause we're both already there
Why don't you go put a record on?
Why don't you sing me a little song?

[Outro]
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