somebody opened up a fire
She lights a candle by the bed
an d lays her cool hands on me
She said, baby, don't go to Chinatown
All night a man keeps callin'
Just that the house of cards
Yeah, the house of cards is fall
I ducked down the subway stairs
in the mirror of the cigarette machine.
I stopped and combed my hair.
See, I tried to protect her,
but now I need protection myself
Yeah, I used to lose, I'd lose alone,
Now I've got to think about
Yeah, like a city within a city
Streets no man must walk alone
I saw a way things could be for us,
like a vision came to me,
like a light at the end of the hall,
but these men they go down,
they'll take me with them,
they fall tonight, not too far.
I make the sign of the cross
as the train sinks down into the tunnel,
Yeah, I win an d I win really big, I lose, I lose everything,
Like a city within a city,
there are places of danger
Street snowman must walk alone
To cool the street in the shallow light
She lights a candle by the bed
And baby don't go to Chinatown
Baby, don't go to Chinatown
Baby, don't go to Chinatown
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