Take a hit off a joint in a parking lot under a humming New York sky
And watch it burn out as the sun goes down
I lean back on the hood of the car and laugh to myself in the fading light
Such cliche lives of love and heartbreak
Set to star spangled American nights
I hear a song and I think of you
Words running through my head now
I've been waiting for you out in the dark
I've been lost inside the twilight of my heart
Ain't there a beauty on the Bowery streets
Lost souls and forgotten men burned in the black and the gold of the railway tracks
And when the morning sun breaks in it's like a dirt yellow brick road to nowhere
Like faded diamonds in faded eyes
Burning wild and bright like the city at night
Shining dreams of different lives