asking around,
what do you hope to retrieve?
behind the cigarette machine

with the awkward lean
and a joke from 1983


rope light, alchemy
late nights, lost keys
rope light, alchemy

stage fright, high seas
rope light, you and me
late nights, lost keys

rope light, alchemy
stage fright and beautiful debris


dancing around
the edges of the room in the dark
waiting for the mayor to make his remarks

and put a stamp on this as a genuine lark

you had your coat on

and I was ready to go
but everybody looks so good
in this glow

I think I see someone
somebody I know...


rope light, alchemy
late nights, lost keys
rope light, alchemy

stage fright, high seas
rope light, you and me
late nights, lost keys

rope light, alchemy
stage fright, beautiful debris