Michael Beatty: Lyrics & Listen
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
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
Ol Mickey Finn put a spell on me and that’s why I’m here
Where the clubkids 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
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
Take me downtown
Tripping Alphabet City
Take me downtown
Through the barrio
Watch the river flow away