Down Desire Avenue

Down Desire Avenue

Where all the pilots go

Line in a bar when day is through

Keeping the world in a place below

Tall second rated moviestars

Step from their overcolored truth

Out through a side door right into

Desire Avenue

Empty faces, silly walks

Coming in from the tight-rope dance

Men judging balance above all

Looking down on their shaking hands

It's coming up it's hard to breathe

And I think of you

I'm going down but nothing's cheap

Down Desire Avenue

One bite of cold and one of heat

A sip of lust a sip of pain

A careless way to cross the street

That is the way to play this game

Now - is a red-hot piece of coal

Thrown right at you

This isn't courage anymore

Down Desire Avenue