One of these streets   The city of dreams   Wakes anticipating   In the doorway I lean   On the corner of 44th & 9th   Ain't nothing to be seen      But this is where Lennie lives      The pain gets worse   But I ignore it   It don't really hurt if there ain't a pill for it   I see so many blackbirds   The end of it all   My luck's a baby sister   You gotta be responsible   You listen to her talking 'bout the color of her hair   You gotta notice sooner or later   If it starts wearing thin      Charlie told me that he didn't understand   How I could do anything but sing with the band   I said Charlie   I still wear the scars from letting my emotions ride   Touring bar to bar   Something had to stop me   Something had to make me keep it in      I'm cheered by the thought   Of so much thinking   Sad song singers   Never depress me   So much to say she'd buy   Ten stories a day   He'd like wine with the west wind   If you are going that way      Everything new carries it's threat   I work myself open   I'm so deep in debt   I've stopped working   I'm waiting for the chains   Perspectives your cloud baby   Here comes the rain