Tonio K. - The Rake's Progress

(Tonio K./Charlie Sexton/Don Harvey)

 

standing on the corner 

clutching my st. christopher 

to keep from disappearing 

but i'm practically invisible

 

and i close my eyes 

i don't hear a sound 

i don't speak a word 

and i don't look down

 

cars and people pass me by 

so many smiling faces 

that hide away their desperate lives 

we all take our chances 

and take our places.

 

then i close my eyes 

i don't hear a sound 

i don't speak my mind 

and i don't look down

 

and i realize 

i'm still on the ground 

and i'm still alive 

but i don't look down

 

and the days go by 

i don't make a sound 

i sink into the silence 

but i don't look down 

i'm lost in time 

hoping to be found 

like some frightened child 

i don't look down 

and you're just like me 

scared of what's coming around 

i'm just like you 

i just don't look down

 

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