Light Rail Coyote

Let's meet in the city where

Rivers cross bridges there

Let's float down into the stream

Rich and poor pioneers

A kid from a western town

Wants to be seen and go out

Let's borrow my parent's car

Let's stay out all night up there

And Burnside will be our street

Kids and the hookers meet

Diners and strip club junk

Bookstores and punk rock clubs

Water this building and this sin

Big Oregon this city draws you in

A promise fulfilled or not

Just hang on until' the summer, it's hot

We'll make our home water tight

Work all day, play all night

Hope we're not washed away

A deceit or tragedy

Joan of Arc rules north-east

Where the poor and the hipsters meet

The grid that divides us all

River makes final call

Out at the edge of town

Airfield runs water down

Coyote crosses old tracks

The hops on the light-rail max

Water this building and this sin

Big Oregon this city draws you in

A promise fulfilled or not

Just hang on until' the summer, it's hot

And if you wanna be a friend of mine

Cross the river to the east side

Find me on the eve of suicide

Tell me the city is no place to hide

Take me out into a sunny day

Through the grotto or the promenade

You came to me in the nick of time

Thankful for the things I left behind

Oh dirty river, come let me in

Oh dirty river, come let me in

Oh dirty river, come let me in

Oh dirty river