Lexington Avenue Line
there's just the stingiest sliver of a sky
plate glass windows capture the clouds the wind and the rain have been subdivided and the very last singer-songwriter's wrapped in a burial shroud and the key to the city is buried way down deep so let the Lexington avenue line gently rock you rock you to sleep there's footprints on the ceiling rumors being passed from ear to ear a hundred thousand streets and not a single one of 'em lead you outta here every little thing is expensive except the talk of course is cheap just gotta let that Lexington avenue line gently rock you rock you to sleep your mother and your father they're long gone and all the lovers like a broken string of beads newspapers blowing all across Broadway like some kind of crazy tumbleweeds so just go ahead and let it out you won't be the first to just break down and weep then let the Lexington avenue line gently rock you rock you to sleep there's a spotllight that burns right through your curtains your prayers have been recorded then reversed what used to seem spontaneous and impromptu now just seems too goddamn well rehearsed and the Lord's down on his knees just begging for a soul to keep he oughtta just let that Lexington avenue line gently rock him rock him rock him rock him to sleep i was sure someday i'd overcome those crazy odds but my banner of triumph is not yet unfurled i've heard it said so often that i almost do believe that this town is the smack dab center of the world and maybe i'll never make what they call that quantum leap so i'm gonna just let that Lexington avenue line gently rock me rock me to sleep rock me to sleep copyright Samm Bennett - all rights reserved back to Lyrics Table of Contents |
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