And the lamb lies down on Broadway.
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Early morning Manhattan,
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Ocean winds blow on the land.
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The Movie-Palace is now undone,
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The all-night watchmen have had their fun.
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Sleeping cheaply on the midnight show,
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It's the same old ending-time to go.
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Get out!
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It seems they cannot leave their dream.
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There's something moving in the sidewalk steam,
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And the lamb lies down on Broadway.
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Nightime's flyers feel their pains.
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Drugstore takes down the chains.
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Metal motion comes in bursts,
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But the gas station can quench that thirst.
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Suspension cracked on unmade road
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The trucker's eyes read 'Overload'
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And out on the subway,
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Rael Imperial Aerosol Kid
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Exits into daylight, spraygun hid,
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And the lamb lies down on Broadway.
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The lamb seems right out of place,
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Yet the Broadway street scene finds a focus in its face.
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Somehow it's lying there,
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Brings a stillness to the air.
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Though man-made light, at night is very bright,
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There's no whitewash victim,
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As the neons dim, to the coat of white.
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Rael Imperial Aerosol Kid,
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Wipes his gun-he's forgotten what he did,
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And the lamb lies down on Broadway.
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Suzanne tired her work all done,
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Thinks money-honey-be on-neon.
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Cabman's velvet glove sounds the horn
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And the sawdust king spits out his scorn.
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Wonder women draw your blind!
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Don't look at me! I'm not your kind.
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I'm Rael!
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Something inside me has just begun,
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Lord knows what I have done,
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And the lamb lies down on Broadway.
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On Broadway-
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They say the lights are always bright on Broadway.
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They say there's always magic in the air.
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The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
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| Genesis |
