Moonlight on Gaffey Street

I left California in a cloud of self-pity

I went to find comfort in old New York City

The Uber was stale with a smell of defeat

And in the mirror I saw the moonlight on Gaffey Street

I'll go to Manhattan and I'll go to Brooklyn

I'll walk down the same streets where I walked as a youngling

I'll ride on the L-Train and I'll sleep in Jeff's sheet

But I'll dream of the moonlight on Gaffey Street

Some old friend will come get me and we'll go out for dinner

We'll talk about the old days back when I was way thinner

When I'd broke my heart open and I could not eat

And I'd never felt the moonlight on Gaffey Street

From where Berman once died to where Dougie once lived

We'll get on the ferry and walk over the bridge

End up at McSorley's with sawdust at our feet

And we'll drink to the moonlight on Gaffey Street

The wind drives me crazy the wind drives me mad

And if you were here with me it wouldn't be so bad

The wind breaks my bones like a slab of concrete

Sinking under the moonlight on Gaffey Street

Sinking under the moonlight on Gaffey Street

Sinking under the moonlight on Gaffey Street