Grey Machine

[Verse 1]
He was a walkin' tragedy
He lived inside his mind
In his dirty upstairs room
Above the neon sign

[Chorus]
In the city of sad and distant eyes
A sucker and a billionaire's dream
A bolt in the grey machine

[Verse 2]
She had a tattoo on her wrist
Still fresh in the bar room light
She taught Judas how to kiss
In the fog of another life

[Chorus]
Now, she cleans the tables for these clowns
She don't ask what anything means
Red rose in the grey machine

[Bridge]
Dogs run through the alley
Behind the pub and the triple X store
Maybe there's a God above
But down here, we don't talk to Him no more

[Verse 3]
He walks in a raven's shadow
Blinded in the first new snow
Counting footsteps to the door
Where no one says hello

[Chorus]
He gets a beer and he watches her work
She's the best thing he's ever seen
They’re gonna run away, so far away from the grey machine

[Outro]
The grey machine, -chine
Grey machine
Grey machine