Lost In The Crowd

The drunks are all sober
On their way into town
By taxi and subway train

They're seated in the theatre
When the house lights go down
As the band slowly walks on stage

So many faces you cannot see
In the orchestra pit or the balcony
Lost in the crowd

A baby is sleeping
Though the converts yell encore
The curtain comes to a close

The audience is leaving
For the concert is over
The singer sits backstage alone

She wipes off her makeup and walks out the door
Disguised as herself, no longer adored
Lost in the crowd

Young man on the corner
A sign by his side
It says "Please help me, I'm hungry"

They're all on their cellphones
They go walking by
To find somewhere to spend their money

He's a shadow that no one can see
They don't know his name and he'll always be
Lost in the crowd

The party is over
The moon shuts its eye
In the alley the cats start to moan

Now that we're older
Can't stay out all night
And we find ourselves in bed alone

So many people we cannot see
Behind the walls of this old city
Lost in the crowd