the overpass

Lyrics

we're stranded at the lights, with extraordinary distance, covered in a blanket, of northern snow, i am your protection, the last line of defense, i'll try to keep my promises, to all of our friends, i don't have a coat, and we don't have a car, but honey if you're patient, oh the overpass in harlem shines like, neon violence in my blood, so red and white, and out of our control, you swore it on your life, you wouldn't get so tired, but i can hear you lying, over the phone, this as such is failure, wholly on my part, to rectify our balance with, the credit on the cards, but i don't have the nerve, but if you have the heart, honey if you're patient, oh the overpass in harlem shines like, neon violence in my blood, so red and white, and out of our control, do they drown their young in hudson waters?, bring their children with disorders, into the night and the dark northern cold, you see it in their faces, strong against the white, fighting with the angels, for glory and pride, and we are not peculiar, but am i not at fault?, this is the arrangement, and what i've been sold, i don't have a coat, and we don't have a car, but honey if you're patient, the city isn't far, oh the overpass in harlem shines, like neon violence in my blood, so red and white, and out of our control, do they drown their young in hudson waters?, bring their children with disorders, into the night and the dark northern cold, and it shakes and rattles through the ward, a lightning bolt across the door, fluorescent like the visions in my sleep, so much braver than our present life, a golden factory of light, and you'll live long enough to catch its beams