The subway station's
closed again
Sleeps
beneath its veil
of rain
My footprints
broken trail behind
Steals the nightlights
from my mind
The dark deserted streets
then clear
Today has lived
and died in here
So I leave the chapel gloom
to find the shelter
of my tiny room
But it's alright
while the lights
of the city
shine so bright
It's all
right till the last
winding train
fades from sight
Then alone
in my room
I must stay
to lose or win
While these wild
bedsitter images
come back
to hem me in
The paneled patterns
on the door
Chase shivering shadows
to the floor
Upon the pillow
worn and thin
The memories
of hopes begin
The carpet
with its flowers in shreds
expires a foot
before my bed
The crack that won't
return again
Advancing
through my broken
window pane
But it's alright
while the lights
of the city
shine so bright
It's all
right till the last
winding train
fades from sight
Then alone
in my room
I must stay
to lose or win
While these wild
bedsitter images
come back
to hem me in
The friends I've left
back home all write
With laughing words
that warm my sight
Saying
Tell us
how's the city life
I reply
and say just fine
And so you see
I can't go back
till I either
win or crack
I'm standing
in a one way street
The stage is set
The story incomplete
But it's alright
while the lights
of the city
shine so bright
It's all
right till the last
winding train
fades from sight
Then alone in my room
I must stay
to lose or win
While these wild
bedsitter images
come back
to hem me in