City Scrapes

The city scrapes up the streets after midnight
 Graffitti gangsters tag along
 To the rail, the eye, the hook, the Nightingale
 Money junkies have it all
 In the alleyway, ice melts into a river
 A solemn sailors port of call
 The city fades into dank dusk of idol haze
 Another day has come and gone
 Oh, the city scrapes
 And my heart aches for you
 Take me downtown
 To hear the folk song kings
 Take me downtown
 Tripping Alphabet City
 We go downtown
 Through the barrio
 Watch the river flow away
 Old Mickey Finn put a spell on me and that's why I'm here
 Where the club kids squat the night
 By the band, underage, hand in hand
 This is love on down the dive
 In the excess fire of naked neon fantasy
 The queen of night ascends
 China's son all broke up and come undone
 Got nothing in the morning
 Oh, the city scrapes
 My heart aches for you
 Take me downtown
 To hear the folk song kings
 Take me downtown
 Tripping Alphabet City
 Take me downtown
 Through the barrio
 Watch the river flow away
 Devil in the doorway, whiskey on ice
 This old bar is like my home
 I got the beat jukin underneath my feet
 La Dolce Vita on the edge
 Wrote you a letter twenty years ago today
 Think I'll send it out tonight
 I'm still the same, walking out in the rain
 Won't go down without a fight
 Oh, the city scrapes
 My heart aches for you
 Take me downtown
 To hear the folk song kings
 Gotta take me downtown
 Tripping Alphabet City
 We go downtown
 Through the barrio
 Watch the river flow
 Take me downtown
 To hear the folk song kings
 Gotta take me downtown
 Tripping Alphabet City
 We go downtown
 Through the barrio
 To watch the river flow away
 You've got to row and flow away