01 The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

I'm on my way And the land lies down I'm on my way Early morning man had earned it Ocean winds blow on the land Movie palaces now undone The old man watched them have their fun Sleeping cheaply on the midnight show It's the same old thing, how to go get out It seems we cannot be the dreamer There's something moving in the sidewalk street And the land lies down I'm on my way Nightmares, flyers, feel their veins Drunk star takes down the chains Metal motion comes in first The gas station can't quench that thirst Suspension cracked on the main road The trucker's eyes read, oh no I gotta go somewhere Red and weary and ever sunken Excessive daylight spraying on him And the land lies down I'm on my way The land seems right out of place In the broadway street scene Finds a focus in its face Somehow it's lying there with a stillness to me Though man need light At night is very bright There's no whitewash they dim As the neon dims to the cold of night Red and weary and ever sunken White seems gone, he's forgotten what he did And the land lies down I'm on my way Susan tied her work on the list Running, running, neon, neon And that filthy clerk sounds the horn And a sort of sting spits out his scorn But now women, you control your blind Don't look at me, I've got your gun Something inside me is just gone Lord knows what I have done And the land lies down I'm on my way I'm on my way I'm on my way I'm on my way I'm on my way I'm on my way I'm on my way I'm on my way I'm on my way