the only light in the basement
apartment, a blue tv glow through the blinds
the flicker and din in the dark of a Saturday night
a raven's asleep in the rafters, a stray cat circles a kill
from the basement, the tin-can laughter of a late night thrill
tomorrow's asleep on the front step
and yesterday dreams in the street
but in the basement apartment,
a shadowy man, he just stares at the wall
he can't sleep
and me I'm just part of the
darkness, just trying to get something right
on a Saturday night
and this all reminds me of something, the song of a long ago time
a memory pure and haunting on a Saturday night
and I don't have all of the answers, I don't have even a few
but two shadows above me were dancing and I thought of you
tomorrow's asleep on the front step
and yesterday dreams in the street
but in the basement apartment,
a shadowy man, he just stares at the wall
he can't sleep
and me I'm just part of the
darkness, just trying to get something right
on a Saturday night
the only light in the basement apartment
the flicker and fade of time
the heavy and hopeful heart of a Saturday night
of a Saturday night

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