Hanging from a Hit

Lyrics

[Verse 1] What this night wants is what it gets Strung in silken knots, lit by cigarettes Flaring side by side with the streets all wet Is the only thing that's bright [Verse 2] And I don't need to cross that bridge, I find I'm swinging and sailing over the pit tonight I'm hanging from a hit tonight Was wild enough to order up and toss across my lips [Verse 3] What's making all my tears Is taking all my fears away But I don't need to cry 'Cause now I'm clear, ooh [Verse 4] A moth that's swerving through the sage A creature crashing from a cage A shadow vaporized by a new sun ray A day she spends the night [Verse 5] And I can hear her sigh As she's almost asleep on one side I lie back on my pillow And ask what her husband is like, ooh [Verse 6] And she says "I smile polite and I tip and tithe And I see the sights with a well-trained eye But I calmly cry 'Cause I'm too much mine without him [Verse 7] And I lie reclined, where the room is quiet And it's quiet at night, the soft silk is fine And the waves are white But the wind has died without him [Verse 8] And I scream my smiles and I want my wires And I need my stripes and I read the lines Till I lid my eyes And I'm losing time without him." [Verse 9] And she says "And I ignite inside and I flash with fire And I limp from life and I'm blazing blind And I'm surging live and give up my mind When with him." [Verse 10] And then every dream inside Turns to flames, fades to grey and is dying And the smoke rises into A white, blank, bare, broke-open sky, ooh