Calling it quits, another dead day in the city   Where all the good things have come to pass   Dry lightning's got your   Kid frightened, you've been   Uptight and hold a fistfight in your mind   Now she's headed for the quick fix, kicking fast      Well, I was moving on my toes   When they were grooving in the street   So I've been changing all my clothes   For the slight chance we ought to meet      Johnny Walker, please   Can't you feed my needs?   I'm walking on my knees planting weeds   And seeing the forest for the trees   My heart is thinning fast   I doubt that it'll last   Or all of this will pass as her laugh   Ricochets in my empty glass      I'm hating the season's changing colors   The basic way it shifts so fine   I've carved myself in stone   And when they find my bones   They'll decide I didn't try