Smeared black ink
Your palms are sweaty
And I'm barely listening
To last demands
I'm staring
at the asphalt wondering
What's buried underneath
Where I am
Where I am
Wear my badge
A vinyl sticker
with big block letters
Adherent to my chest
That tells your
new friends
I am a visitor here
I am not permanent
And the only thing
keeping me dry is
You seem so out
of context
In this gaudy
apartment complex
A stranger
with your door key
Explaining that
I'm just visiting
And I am finally seeing
Why I was
the one worth leaving
Why I was
the one worth leaving
DC sleeps alone tonight
You seem so out
of context
In this gaudy
apartment complex
A stranger
with your door key
Explaining that
I'm just visiting
And I am finally seeing
Why I was
the one worth leaving
Why I was
the one worth leaving
The district sleeps
alone tonight
After the bars
turn out their lights
And send
the autos swerving
Into the loneliest evening
And I am finally seeing
Why I was
the one worth leaving
Why I was
the one worth leaving
Why I was
the one worth leaving
Why I was
the one worth leaving