after dark

afterdark

midnight is approaching, the city still alive
moaning and blinking and on into the night
downtown, afterdark
someone is reading, someone needs a light
someone is hustling, and someone starts a fight
downtown, afterdark
a boy will say, come what may, before he starts to groove
a girl might say go away, with nothing left to prove
you’re missing out on a hell of a show, oh no!
downtown, afterdark
asleep, she’s been asleep it seems forever
forever, how beautiful it sounds
and we’re looking in on her like she’s on tv
and near the tv sits the man without a face
hotel, love ho, by the hour for a price
someone’s had a beating, lady luck without her dice
downtown, afterdark
awake, she’s wide awake searches for answers
and in the dark she finds more questions
there’s not another soul in sight
screaming, face pressed upon the tv glass
she sees the bed where she was sleeping
on the other side
this place is a jungle hear the trombone roar
out here behind your bedroom door
downtown, afterdark