Film Noir

(j. webb/c.simon)



Got on in new haven

Last car on the train.

Put my hat on the seat,

Wipe the tears from my eyes.



I watched my life go by,

Like a movie in my brain.

Scenes unreeling;

In a sceneless chain

On the window,

And a silver screen of rain!



And the opening title scroll,

And the score comes in and under.

And i'm in the starring role,

In a world of love-struck wonder;



It's a tale full of promise, about two crazy kids;

Falling in love, but in flashback.



And then the music,

That gorgeous music;

And i wake up,

Rattling down the railroad track.



He could be sweet,

But i stayed on my guard.

Just how good a liar

Can a decent man be?



I always played my hand

Like i didn't have the cards.

Cause he held them all

So i could never see.

Yes, he played me for a fool,

And i agreed.



And the closing credits roll,

And the waves come in like thunder.

Cause the hero's lost control,

And i made a fatal blunder.





Just another sad story;

Two star-crossed kids,

Racing headlong up a cul-de-sac.



And then that music,

That mournful music.

And the train's disappearing

Down that railroad track.



And the long, slow dissolve,

As we fade to black.


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