I was six years her elder   She had yet to give herself away   Just moved from Jersey to Hell's Kitchen   Thirty-ninth just west of Broadway      Selling my soul in customer service   Dressing the wealthy   And fighting the urge   To tell them all just how i feel      Don't know what to say   To keep this hunger away   To shed the skin built up from sin      In a moment of peace and beauty      Black skirt, red ribbon for detail   Fit and fill the lace so generously   Contrast of her pale flesh and darkness   Crucifix floated on her chest   Wanted me to notice her      Under the spell of a Springsteen record   Darkness in the spirit of '77   Needle cracks that vinyl tone      Don't know what to say   To keep this hunger away   To shed the skin built up from sin      In a moment of peace and beauty   In a moment of peace and beauty      She lived by the bible   Drank until all hell broke loose   And the pale blue (warmthru?) made a fine silhouette   Gave away her composition      Don't know what to say   To keep this hunger away   To shed the skin build up from sin      In a moment of peace and beauty   Oh in a moment of peace and beauty