Poem for Lucy
I write in gray
No hands when I drive
Blur my eyes until streetlights
And stars look alike
I take the long road home
To breathe and clear my mind
It's hard to fall asleep
In the sunlight
Crashed into a stone wall
But I left my spraypaint behind
'Cause I was here no matter what
Don't need to mark it mine
The streets will always remember me
The wind will whisper blame
And the world will forget I existed
They'll never know my name
I know that life's awaiting me
And you're watching me from far away
Does the train still stop in the city?
Or are we walking there today?
Home found and Northern bound
When the plane takes off, it snows
The ants and cars will wave
But now you've got to go
I want you to hear my words
But it's too hard to get them out
I can't be in love with you
When I'm devoted to the sweet New York sounds
Nobody knows I dream about it
When I lie awake at night
While you decide from up above
The lights don't seem that bright
And what my pen puts down is my life
I don't want to give it away
But when I look around the city
I know they need to know what I have to say
So you've disappeared from this world
And I've gone off to stray
But I'd give anything
To carry on and on and on the same way
The stars await, but it's the day
I won't pretend to see them
But maybe one day I can hold your hand
And we can ride away again