It gets so dark before the dawn   That's when it gets to me   Before the city symphony of taxi horns      That's the way it always starts   Sitting here and waiting on the beating of my heart      Last night, I thought I heard my name   Well, it was too dark to see, but it had to be   The voice was just the same      That's the way it always starts   Sitting here and waiting on the beating of my heart      So tell me, why should it have to be this way   Why can't it be all right, why can't I sleep at night?   Why should it have to be this way?   Why must there be this price to pay?      Now all the streets are dark and bare   Oh, if you can live in this town   And stick around, you can live anywhere      That's the way it always starts   Sitting here and waiting on the beating of my heart