I was six years her elder
She had yet to give herself away
Just moved from Jersey to Hell's Kitchen

Thirty-ninth just west of Broadway

Selling my soul in customer service

Dressing the wealthy
And fighting the urge
To tell them all just how i feel


Don't know what to say
To keep this hunger away

To shed the skin built up from sin

In a moment of peace and beauty


Black skirt, red ribbon for detail
Fit and fill the lace so generously

Contrast of her pale flesh and darkness
Crucifix floated on her chest
Wanted me to notice her


Under the spell of a Springsteen record
Darkness in the spirit of '77

Needle cracks that vinyl tone

Don't know what to say

To keep this hunger away
To shed the skin built up from sin


In a moment of peace and beauty
In a moment of peace and beauty


She lived by the bible
Drank until all hell broke loose
And the pale blue (warmthru?) made a fine silhouette

Gave away her composition

Don't know what to say

To keep this hunger away
To shed the skin build up from sin


In a moment of peace and beauty
Oh in a moment of peace and beauty