(spoken) This song's about . . . Eric's dog.
The game's been jaded
This town's receded
The people-faced phantom is fading
And Romeo is bleeding
She brushes a comb through her hair
And he kicks back a nightcap
Romeo leans in and in a prothetic voice
Says "Hey, can I get a hit off that..?" and...
As these changes pass as a minstrel
He's walking down below the window
In the streetlight he poses as a carrier
For the daily news
He sings, "Extra, extra, read all about it!"
There's a harshness, it resounds
All it gets is a quarter in his case
And maybe a ride downtown
Delapidated Dillingers are no problem
Cruising down the street
For both of them it is that brief excursion
From that dreaded trotted week
Oh, those pretty lights
Shining down like heaven's eyes
Oh, those pretty lights
Yet another uneventful night
The game's been jaded
This town's receded
The people-faced phantom is fading
And Romeo is bleeding
She brushes a comb through her hair
And he kicks back a nightcap
Romeo leans in and in a prothetic voice
Says "Hey, can I get a hit off that..?" and...
As these changes pass as a minstrel
He's walking down below the window
In the streetlight he poses as a carrier
For the daily news
He sings, "Extra, extra, read all about it!"
There's a harshness, it resounds
All it gets is a quarter in his case
And maybe a ride downtown
Dilapidated Dillingers are no problem
Cruising down the street
For both of them it is that brief excursion
From that dreaded trotted week
Oh, those pretty lights
Shining down like heaven's eyes
Oh, those pretty lights
Yet another uneventful night
x 2
Oh-oh
Oh . . .
If you have a clue to what they might be, please email me.
You better make like you were never born..."
Because the manager knows you're tired
She sees your shoes, they are worn
Well, just as I got up
The band started playing
The bugle boy, he blew his horn
We sang Happy New Year
One after 1999
As the people watched us, [fearing us ending]
They were singing Auld Lang Syne
Oh, those pretty lights
Shining down like heaven's eyes
Oh, those pretty lights
Yet another uneventful night
Oh, those pretty lights
Shining down like heaven's eyes
Oh, those pretty lights
Yet another uneventful night
Oh, those pretty lights
Shining down like heaven's eyes
Oh, those pretty lights
Yet another uneventful night
Oh, those pretty lights
Shining down like heaven's eyes
Oh, those pretty lights
Yet another unevent -
Yet another unevent -
Yet another unevent -
Yet another uneventful night