Virginia

VIRGINIA


They burned down all the trees on 5th Avenue,
shot out the five ball light
No buddies on the beat going two by two,
nighthawks not running in the night

Black trestle’s broke
but the train tracks still go downtown
Plugged nickel accordion band,
kissing boys kissing girls on the hooteroll
Jack Rabbit kicked the can

Chorus:
Virginia, Virginia, don’t even know my name,
Virginia, Virginia don’t even know my name,
nothing changes but you don’t feel the same

Tin foil tear drops rope for the meter man,
pool hall police play mumbly peg
Horseshoe hopes on loan from the bleeding hand,
four scores later just like Lincoln said

Boris the gyppo tells me Russian fairy tales,
in a blackwoods sky no satellite
A firepriest keeps the photos beneath the Chippendale
Sometimes even he looks back in black and white

Repeat Chorus

Gabriels trumpet Johnny’s saxophone,
Southside pinball mercy plea
Under the pines my sweetie said “Let’s pretend it’s Paris”
Dropped my right down to my knees

Old dogs lie behind broken doorways,
mandolin bones and candlelight
Last chance wind blows cold
sometimes from four ways
No one’s gonna’ sing you to sleep at night,
No one’s gonna’ sing you to sleep at night

Repeat Chorus