Tight-slacked clad girls on the graveyard shift
'Neath the cement stroll
Catch the midnight drift
Cigar chewing Charlie
In that newspaper nest
Grifting hot horse tips
On who's running the best
And I'm blinded by the neon
Don't try and change my tune
'Cause I thought I heard a saxophone
I'm drunk on the moon
The moon's a silver slipper
It's pouring champagne stars
Broadway's like a serpent
Pulling shiny top-down cars
Come schemers and dancers
Cherry delight
As a Cleveland-bound Greyhound
Cuts through the night
And I'm blinded by the neon
Don't try and change my tune
I thought I heard a saxophone
I'm drunk on the moon
~~~♫♫♫ ~~~
Hearts flutter and race
The moon's on the wane
Tarts mutter their dream hopes
The night will ordain
Romance is mush
Stifling those who strive
I'll live a lush life in some small dive
And I've hawked all my yesterdays
Don't try and change my tune
'Cause I thought I heard a saxophone
I'm drunk on the moon
With those whose lives are lonely too
~~~♫♫♫ ~~~
