Bowery Bank is Burning

A tank-and-half up I-95

to Bowery Bank where it's half-past-9

where the Lower East Side rolls out the Red Carpet

to our Castle in the Sky

 

Where the mornings grip a little bit colder, dear

and your young blood clots a little bit older dear

and the snow falls dirty and darker and danker

and my microphone squeals a little bit bolder dear

 

Bowery Bank is burning burning

and the D-Line is running late

It's half-past-9 and the gears have stopped turning

The Big Ruckus will just have to wait

 

Bleeding such a smug and bloody smile

from cuttin' teeth on subway tile

painting Grand Street Station red

take off your coat and stay awhile

 

Where the mornings grip a little bit colder, dear

and your young blood clots a little bit older dear

and the snow falls dirty and darker and danker

and my microphone squeals a little bit bolder dear

 

Bowery Bank is burning burning

and the D-Line is running late

It's half-past-9 and the gears have stopped turning

The Big Ruckus will just have to wait

 

Bowery Bank is burning burning

Bowery Bank is burning burning

Bowery Bank is burning burning

Bowery Bank is burning burning

 

Bowery Bank is burning burning

and the D-Line is running late

It's half-past-9 and the gears have stopped turning

The Big Ruckus will just have to wait

 

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