Twilight of a Champion

The rising moon faces the sickening sun,
 as the lights in the tower blocks go on, one by one,
 A big shot, overlooking this black iron skyline--
 Surrounded by his symbols of prosperity--
 Sits back in his new leather chair
 ripped off the back of some unfortunate beast.
 I'm smiling through my teeth.
 Anybody can be a millionaire,
 so everybody's gotta try
 but by the laws of this human jungle
 only the heartless will survive.
 & down there--but for the grace of god
 --go I.
 The smoke & the steam, & the broken down dreams,
 the hope, & the hunger, frustration & anger,
 the little drunken lives,--
 driven' through the traffic lights
 & away from who they are!
 But I've been thinking of you--
 In this great city of great solitude.
 Crossin' the central reservation, of my imagination,
 Searchin' for the world I... left behind.
 A shadow hunting shadows of childhood life.
 It's all I want--& all I miss--
 but how can I return, to a place that don't exist!
 from Mombosa to Miami, Beiruit to Bangladesh,
 I've flown around the world standing
 on the wing of a jet.
 tryin' to salvage my emotions
 from the bottom of the oceans--
 Y'see I sold my soul, to pay for my dinner.
 My stomach grew fatter, but my heart grew thinner,
 I ain't foolin' I'm fallin', I wasn't wicked, just weak,
 I ain't lyin' I'm dyin', crippled by deceit--
 Oh the hand that wrote the agony
 has just begun--
 Will be the hand that pulls the trigger
 --of this gun!