No Downtown



There's no Downtown tonight
the clouds have snuffed it out
an interlude
gone
the city cleansed of all but nostalgia

there's no Downtown tonight
my melancholy baby's gone uptown
all the lights on Broadway
flickered and failed
and my consolation
is in a coffee cup

there's no Downtown tonight
the bacon is not coming home
the moonlight's been rented out
to the Rockerfellas

no Downtown
out of sight
sheathed by clouds
not a light

no Downtown
autumn mists
Downtown has been cancelled

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