St. Vincent Street Lyrics

She dropped the armor over her skin
Reached through her mind for words to begin
Cooked up a lie to throw to her friends
Nighttime on holiday, the moon's creeping in

Picks at her food and forces a grin
Crosses her legs again and again
Turns up and over their secret akin
Nighttime on holiday, the moon's creeping in

Sleep underneath the Chinatown glow
Wander the streets that nobody knows
Sing to the dawn with Mercury Minh
Nighttime on holiday, the moon's creeping in

On our Saint Vincent street
Where no one's innocent to me
She nurses a broken wing

Through red wine promises
And she track home make up she said
It's all a dream, 'til you stop and think

She left her ring in the city square
By cherubic fountains that shower the air
Ready to crumble and take to the wind
Nighttime on holiday, the moon's creeping in

On our Saint Vincent street
Where no one's innocent to me
She grins like a harlequin

Through red wine promises
And she track home make up she said to me
It's all a dream, 'til you stop and think

One left escaping and one left alone
One left for mystery and one stayed at home
One left a note too soon for it's time
Nighttime on holiday, the moon's like a dime

On our Saint Vincent street