Stars of Freedom

West Avenue Station (10/24/23)

Sorry I was so cruel to you

Was in love with another girl at school

You were just the gateway drug

And now I can't stop thinking of her

All because of you

I've told myself beautiful lies

I've told myself this could not be true

Train track crossings and city strikes

Oh, wouldn't this just be nice?

Candlelight and linen curtains

Cigar smoke and fireworks across

Your hometown's sky

I guess this is why

I want to say I'm sorry

So if it happens so

That we are passerbys

I hope you know

Each train track crossing

And city life

I think of you

Gaze to your hometown's sky

Silently I am sorry

You were just the gateway drug

And now I can't stop

Being cruel to myself

Bitter winter night's chill

Brings my breath alive

I'm drowning out the plea of a song

I knew from long ago

An unknown man plays the tune

The alleyway is his audience

We all depart

He is faded

He is unknown

Yet people who happen by

Never will forget him

Drowsy and light-hearted

Light-headed and heading home

I knew from long ago

I am brought back to myself

On a night like this

Draw the curtains back and look at those stars

Not all diamonds are in mines

On a night like this

You are always on

The back of my mind.