City Lights

Downtown darkens from the smoke in the street
I imagine the heat
And I imagine tonight
There will be no relief
Buildings tighten in the breeze
In the snap and the cough
And I wonder when it will begin
I wonder when it will begin

Out in the harbor
The hollow harbor
The transport wait
As the waves turn mute
And the sea birds call - -
It's much too late

City lights, oh those city lights
Won't come on tonight
Won't save us tonight
Oh those city lights

The woman I sleep with
Passes through my life
Like a fire in thе night
And her hair, her brilliant red hair
Smеlls charred and betrayed
And I'm afraid
Of the tragedy we've become
In the crowded cavity
Of this city by the sea

Let's go out dancing
Beneath the cold light of a forgiving moon
Let's go out dancing
Where the orchestra plays to an empty ballroom
Let's go out dancing