lifeblood: songs: subway

in the geminid shower you flew away through orion's sky
the maverick queen of our galaxy
play these tunes i wrote for her
you and your golden ear and flare for words
tell us how you hung the stars

cause i am useless in this aging hour
of broken pipe dreams in a skyline of water towers
i crave the night, can't shake it from my sight
you knew me every time, you knew me every time

on the way, i fell for every mountain range
every endless sky, every painted pony plain, every arrowhead this kid could fly
on the hoof, i found new york, getting groomed for some big tour
holding hands with girls down the streets and avenues

make it count in the music biz
and that's what you did, but me, i am still wandering
cause i crave the trying, can't shake it from my mind
you saw me every time, you saw me every time

don't take the subway baby
"let's just walk," we'd say," 'til our longing turns to day"
remember when alphabet city was a wilderness to you and me, before rudy had his way

and they kept it all shut down from jones beach to the mercury lounge
after you left, the shit really hit the fan
so we took it to the streets, crying "no justice, no peace!"
"all for one, one for all, here comes the show, turn on your radio!"

yeah we took it to the streets, "freedom is not free..."

don't take the subway baby
"let's just walk," we'd say," 'til our longing turns to day"
remember when alphabet city was a wilderness to you and me, before rudy had his way

this georgia girl has got it bad for new york

words and music amy ray