All the angels took Jimmy away last night
I was walking down Avenue B
when I turned east on Third Street
I saw Tommy, Rosa, Tina,
Mickey and my friend Peter
and they were saying that the angels
took Jimmy away last night

All the angels took Jimmy away last night

Jimmy's sister Maria was crying
I saw her leaning up against the fence
I went over to her, and hugged her
and said life doesn't always make sense
She said life is what you make of it,
and Jimmy had no hope
Now he's in heaven,
and he can begin again

All the Angels took Jimmy away last night

Jimmy had owed lots of people lots of money
You know it gets that way towards the end
He'd stolen from just about everyone
to get his fix again
But last night was the last time-
needing needles no more
Jimmy left this world-
stepped through the other door

All the Angels took Jimmy away last night

In between just a skull looking at the new moon burning the veils of time
returning to an empty design
blurring all my mind

Pulled off the road at the old bone shop
and met the boy with the Buffalohead

In between our heartbeats drumming in time
and the feeling of your hand in mine

Everything once was real

In between housed in temporary homes
made of flesh, steel, wood, and bone
calling to the one who knows
spinning like a wheel

Pull off the road at the old boneshop
and meet the boy with the Buffalohead

In between a blazing desert sky
and the cactus flower in your eye

Everything once was real

Spirits wander in this place
Wearing Georgia O'Keefe's face

See the stars, can't see the light
can't see anything on the street tonite
hearing voices, subtle cries,
sorrow is why the child dies

Knocked to the ground,
tossed about all around,
thrown away don't even make the paper

Long way to go till the break of day
Change is everything, anyway,
wish and want to stay

Climbing back from a jagged edge
where you found me
on the ledge
I need your help
I need your hand
Angel in Disguise

Tell the body tread slow
When the spirit fades- no roots to show
Hearing words -
telling truth from lies
conceal reveal
Angel in Disguise

Climbing back from a jagged edge
where you found me
on the ledge
give me your help
give me your hand
Angel in Disguise

Hey little one please don't you cry
Never got a chance to say goodbye
Hands of time were moving
Moments passed me by
I lived to see you smile
All alone I wonder why

An empty chair
the corner there
We used to dream
You used to stare
Though your voice is silent
It echoes in my ear
This song is but a wish now to keep you close and near

Now I know I'll never hear you say these things to me
Promises, broken dreams,
tomorrow's not to be
Candlelight and Star filled nights
and romance in the air
I sit alone in silence
stuck here not with you there

Oh precious one still you cry
Never thought you'd have to say goodbye
Hope to see reflections standing side by side
I miss the one connection,
on my own I'm wondering why

If I could
then I would
go back
and change
what I should
relieve me
deceive me
I wish I could
believe me
It's my fate
I'm too late

I'm staring at a photograph a distant memory
Where we lost ourselves we were not meant to be
I held you close within my arms
I whispered in your ear
I'll never touch you, watch you smile,
or hold you close and near
Never Said Goodbye

Oh pretty child no need to cry
Here is your chance to say goodbye
hands of time were moving
moments passed me by
alone I found the healing
alone no need to cry

Never Said Goodbye

I woke up this morning -
thought I'd give this life another try
stumbled, fumbled,
rumbled with everyone and everything in sight
alone in anger,
the stranger meets danger
turn and embrace grace
on Fifth and Faith

Down the street my feet defeat
the loss of another yesterday
all I have is on my back,
nothing is a shining day
everytime I cross the border,
I'm ordered to repay my way
turn and embrace disgrace
with a Fifth of Faith

I beseech you
just to stay true
and find a peaceful way
to mend me in the end

I believe you
though I can't see you -
been deceived by
the riddle in the play

Stan the sham finds a media scam,
plays pin the tail on the donkey
as the world turns we enjoy the burn,
everyones back's got a monkey
this kingdom of saints
and the heavens they paint
leave me with one question -
where oh where is grace?
and my Fifth of Faith?

Alive the mourner turns the corner,
turns his back and dies empty pocket,
stolen locket.
or was it just the hope inside?
see you there,
good luck take care,
hope one day you'll find your way
I'll be waiting there -
on Fifth with Faith

I'm sitting here in my flat on First
Got a top floor perch
I've got an endless search
I'm listening to the radio
they're playing my Favorite Tune

Na-na-na-na-na-na-na...

And upstairs on the rooftop
We like to come undone
having so much fun
listening to the radio
they're playing my Favorite Tune
and it goes like this:

Na-na-na-na-na-na-na...

Upstairs on the rooftop
we like to sing and scream
seeing sights unseen
listening to the radio
they're playing my favorite tune
and it goes like this:

Na-na-na-na-na-na-na...

Out on the corner
Pretty Boy Floyd
says there ain't nothing to do
except watch Sissy Strut
down First Avenue

And upstairs on the rooftop
where we get some space
from the funky rat race
and all these buildings round here
they're just like toothpicks in sand

Sitting here in my flat on first...