The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (start cut-off) Songtext
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And the lamb
Lies down
On Broadway

Early morning Manhattan
Ocean winds blow on the land
Movie-Palace is now undone
The all-night watchmen have had their fun
Sleeping cheaply on the midnight show
It′s the same old ending, time to go
"Get out!"

It seems they cannot leave their dream
There's something moving in the sidewalk steam

And the lamb
Lies down
On Broadway


Nightime′s flyers feel their pains
Drugstore take down the chains
Metal motion comes in bursts
The gas station can quench that thirst
Suspension cracked on unmade road
The trucker's eyes read "Overload"
And out on the subway

Rael Imperial Aerosol Kid
Exits into daylight, spraygun hid

And the lamb
Lies down
On Broadway

The lamb seems right out of place
Yet the Broadway street scene
Finds a focus in its face
Somehow it's lying there
Brings a stillness to the air
Though man-made light
At night is very bright
There′s no whitewash victim
As the neons dim to the coat of white

Rael Imperial Aerosol Kid
Wipes his gun, he′s forgotten what he did

And the lamb
Lies down
On Broadway


Suzanne tired her work all done
Thinks money - honey - be on - neon
Cabman's velvet glove sounds the horn
And the sawdust king spits out his scorn
"Wonder women you can draw your blind"
"Don′t look at me, I'm not your kind"
"I′m Rael!"

Something inside me has just begun
Lord knows what I have done

And the lamb
Lies down
On Broadway

On Broadway, On Broadway (They say the lights are always bright on Broadway)
On Broadway, On Broadway (They say there's always magic in the air)