shivery silence

well, that's strange

first time in a thousand days

the city of night is the city of lights

waiting up, waiting up for

runner-ups, downtown screamers

uptown streams

i am the great reliever

god, relieve me of everything

not fit for duty, not set for war

a thousand days in the city of night

smog and smoke and breaking light

fitting, fading, reading wrong

my days are short and my nights are long

a thousand smokestacks and a thousand songs