Black & White - Local Hero

Cracks in the pavement and your feet pressed tightly together

Bent them on their knees, and you brushed off the rain and the weather

Fluorescent signs glowed blue on the rooftop shingles

Kicked back my feet while you drew in your breath on the window

And I woke up in my evening jacket holding on to someone I didn’t know

I lost touch under Hudson’s blankets

And I couldn’t help but thinking what I’d never seen before

So I don’t wanna play at war

Three dozen shops lined the walls and your dark sunglasses

Beach-side boutiques are on call, but their eyes are ashen

And your shoulder blades are almost invisible under thread and lace

Satin and velvet, you’ll still entertain

And I woke up in my evening jacket, holding on to someone I didn’t know

I lost touch under Hudson’s blankets

And I couldn’t help but thinking what I’d never seen before

So I don’t wanna play at war

No I don’t wanna play at war

But when the narcissists are necessary and the politics get crass

You’ll be taping records and you’ll be sucking laughing gas

I know it’s not black and white

But you were exactly right

I know it’s not black and white

But you were exactly right.