Rope Light

Asking around

What do you hope to retrieve?

Behind the cigarette machine

With the awkward lean

And a joke from 1983

Rope light, alchemy

Late nights, lost keys

Rope light, alchemy

Stage fright, high seas

Rope light, you and me

Late nights, lost keys

Rope light, alchemy

Stage fright and beautiful debris

Dancing around

The edges of the room in the dark

Waiting for the mayor to make his remarks

And put a stamp on this as a genuine lark

You had your coat on

And I was ready to go

But everybody looks so good

In this glow

I think I see someone

Somebody I know...

Rope light, alchemy

Late nights, lost keys

Rope light, alchemy

Stage fright, high seas

Rope light, you and me

Late nights, lost keys

Rope light, alchemy

Stage fright, beautiful debris