Marquee Moon

I remember how the darkness doubled

I recall, lightning struck itself

I was listening, listening to the rain

I was hearing, hearing something else

Life in the hive puckered up my night

The kiss of death, the embrace of life

There I stand 'neath the Marquee Moon

Just waiting

I spoke to a man down at the tracks

And I asked him how he don't go mad

He said "Look here junior, don't you be so happy

And for Heaven's sake, don't you be so sad"

Life in the hive puckered up my night

The kiss of death, the embrace of life

There I stand 'neath the Marquee Moon

Hesitating

Well a Cadillac, it pulled out of the graveyard

Pulled up to me, all they said, "Get in"

Then the Cadillac, it puttered back into the graveyard

Me, I got out again

Life in the hive puckered up my night

The kiss of death, the embrace of life

There I stand 'neath the Marquee Moon

I ain't waiting

I remember how the darkness doubled

I recall, lightning struck itself

I was listening, listening to the rain

I was hearing, hearing something else