Black Snow

Snow and sleet on a Saturday

I had eight hours of hell to pay

We got the week, billed for a bachelor's suite

The atmosphere just stinks of rot and apathy

Romance aboard and there he died

I need a better way, another day, a different time

This liquor's sheen smiles in my eyes

I'm searching for an anchor in this empty night

Walking home on the same streets

It never used to look like this

The skeletons that secretly

Are living in all these condominiums

And all across the northeast side

The evolution of these streets

Have sucked them of their life

And then each then swallow the lie

There's nothing new; the city is for sale

The day was long it almost killed me

And I don't belong but the drinks are flowing

Snow and ice give way to summer's new light

North Avenue above Lake Shore Drive

The sun drops down behind west side buildings

The city lights burn so soft against the sky

And from this bridge I watch cars pass below me

And all my fears and troubles won't leave here with me tonight