The District Sleeps Alone Tonight

Smeared black ink

Your face is ashen

And I'm barely listening to last demands

I'm staring at the asphalt, wondering what's buried underneath

And where I am, and where I am

I'll wear my badge

A vinyl sticker with big block letters adherin' to my chest

Tells your new friends I am a visitor here

I am not permanent

And the only thing keeping me dry is

Where I am (You seem so out of context in this gaudy apartment complex)

Where I am (A stranger with your door key explainin' that I am just visitin')

Where I am (I am finally seeing why I was the one worth leaving)

(Why I was the one worth leaving)

DC sleeps alone tonight

DC sleeps alone tonight

Where I am (You seem so out of context in this gaudy apartment complex)

Where I am (A stranger with your door key explainin' that I am just visitin')

Where I am (I am finally seeing why I was the one worth leaving)

(Why I was the one worth leaving)

The district sleeps alone tonight after the bars turn out their lights

And leave the autos swerving into the loneliest evening

And I am finally seeing why I was the one worth leaving

Why I was the one worth leaving

Why I was the one worth leaving

Why I was the one worth leaving