with a wink   and a smile   you toss your instructions on   how to catch a train   while it's moving   you always were the one   that kept us all guessing   how you could survive   the fall you had      from medicine men   to my dj friends   they all have said   "he's got to watch his back"      they're trapping angels   by the potomac   but it's not how you think   you'd be surprised   they liberate   your dreamscape   till you can't remember   to recall   where your wings   have gone   tell me where they've gone      from jordan to chicago   another child is born   trusting that we'll get it   right this time   i should've worn my glasses   you said just to trust   then you chose   to sign the dotted line      from modern magdalenes   to my dj friends   they all have said   "he's got to watch his back"      they're trapping angels   by the potomac   but it's not how you think   you'd be surprised   they liberate   your dreamscape   till you can't remember   to recall   where your wings   have gone      before i close my eyes at night   i can still see you smilin'   before the truth was   buried alive   did we prize it   before you change the world   maybe boy you should change   your girl      they're trapping angels   by the potomac   they're trapping angels   lord i know this   they're trapping angels   by the potomac   but we're getting closer   i said we're getting closer   to where they've gone   tell me where they've gone      now it won't be long