The subway station's closed again
my footprints broken trail behind
Sleeps beneath its veil of rain
Steals the nightlights from my mind
Today has lived and died in here
The dark deserted streets then clear
Then alone in my room I must stay to lose or win
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
While these wild bedsitter images come back to hem me in
The panneled patens (patterns?) on the door
chase shivering shadows to the floor
the memories of hopes begin
Upon the pillow worn and thin
the carpet with its flowers and shredding
spires a foot before my bed
advancing through my broken window pane
But it's alright while the lights of the city shine so bright
the crack that won't return again
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?"
and so you see I can't go back
until I either win or crack
I'm standing in a one way street
I reply and say just fine (why?)
The story incomplete
The stage is set
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