Alleyway

Smoke against the windowpane, just the semis breathing on the interstate A gray upon the graying of October Hey honey it's been so long, I got so lost, so far down The tracks of an old abandoned rollercoaster See the wheels fell off, and the rails all rusted over I remember you that night, in the noisy bar, in the yellow light The radiating heat between our shoulders And I know good things never last Yeah I know that now but I didn’t then And I let you lead me blind around the corner But sometimes still at night I dream, an empty bottle in the alleyway On a night so clear a billion stars are born And each one is a world, I guess, of dust and flame and wishes cast By lovers, hoping love will last till morning We tried a while to make it good, you hid the cans, I played the fool You got some work, I got sick in the mornings But you lost that job, and we got kicked out Hey babe, ain't nothing to cry about And you said you'd send some cash from California Now I got work, down the street, cleaning rooms at the super 8 Sometimes I take the path home by the river I wonder what our daughter’s like Yeah I hope that family treats her right And gives her all the things we couldn't give her Now a dream is all that's left of you I guess some folks are born to lose Some kids are born for someone else's cradle And the days go by, I get along Yeah the air grows cool and the leaves fall And the smoke it moves and fades against the window