Here on the razor's edge, stranded here from my friends   Stumbling along through the canyons   Wasting away in shady cafes   I don't have smile I can turn on   And I don't know if I can survive   Keep getting caught up in this arcade of lies   How can you have any sense of direction   Walking this street of mirrors      Hearts on the nightline   Words coming down the wire   I just can't get things right    I put my heart on the nightline      I guess this city must be gettin' to me   I can't seem to make a connection   There's got to be someone around I can talk to   Someone I can really depend on      But I'm smack dab stuck in the middle   Here in this big sociological swindle   So many words from so many people   All claiming the truth and the light      Hearts on the nightline   Words coming down the wire   I just can't get things right    I put my heart on the nightline