I'll send you a letter from the front line   Please send applause and some good advice   You were born with a compass, a map on your table   Tell me how did you find out your bearings were wrong      Just pray for us, pray for sunshine   These days are cold and I'm missing you      The city is no place to lose   Ah, but I never thought I could choose   It was plain from the start   Plain from the start, I was playing for time      I need laughter and love   Some special drug, I need cigarettes   There's killers behind us   Devil's ahead, send protection      I will drown in this city   I will drown in this trench built for us   And the only thing left   Yeah, the only thing left is the running      And these clouds keep on rolling   And I, I don't know why   Take this guitar right out of my hands   I surrender      This town don't want drunkards   Or singers, or bad poetry   They want dancing and drugs and laughter   And we don't have them      Just pray for us, pray for sunshine   These days are cold and I'm missing you      This letter was meant for your eyes   Destroy it and then just go hide   You're the only thing left that makes any sense   Please don't blow it