The Black and The White

Well, it's five of 9:00 and I'm over you
I wanna do whatever this empty bottle tells me to
And I'm so excited that I feel no pain
And finally everything's right in place in my heart again
And there are no ends I can see
There's nothing but the summer in me

Sing hey-la-de-day
I come out tonight
I look to get lost in the black and the white
But the colors in me remembering when
I start looking over my shoulder again
Over your shoulder

And it's a holiday weekend
Only 12:25
I walk down to this neighborhood place and I'm feeling alive
And it's trapped in the alley and the lighting is fair
The bartender's laughing with strangers
I reach for my wallet, I pull up a chair
Singin' luck be a lady, this is where I belong
And I know that you're somewhere singing along

Sing hey-la-de-day
I come out tonight
I look to get lost in the black and the white
But the colors in me remembering when
I start looking over my shoulder again
Sing over your shoulder

Where there once was a dozen
now there's only a few
And it's just passed 1:30 and I'm over you
And there in a crosstown shadow as I steal away
I let a Jim shot of whiskey
take a good man back to his yesterdays
It starts me on thinking that you should have stayed
And I think about sleeping tonight in the bed that you made

Sing hey-la-de-day
I come out tonight
I look to get lost in the black and the white
But the colors in me remembering when
I start looking over my shoulder again

I'm over your shoulder
It's over your shoulder

— The Alternate Routes