the hounds are running in the alley-way below

underlining all her sins



across the alley

there is a rented room

there is a girl

I watch I watch her



yellow cotton curtains

the tiles are black and white

why are you home early?

is this another one of those nights?



straighten up the lilacs

straighten up your hair

over to the mirror

what do you see there?



you know why he is living

on a separate street away from you

usually you can forget

but tonight the hounds they get to you



the hounds are running in the alley-way below....

underlining all her sins



magnets in the mirror

usually you croon

but tonight you are no beauty

in your rented room



he knows why he is living

on a separate street away from you

usually he can forget

but tonight the hounds they get to him



the mirror shows a man in a chair

she sees him sway

he's falling to the floor

his lines they crack away

who is this man?

you know him you know him you know him



his being is your being

his scent is on your skin

his mind is on your mind

his breathing is your breathing



so she goes to her own chair

I see her sway

she's falling to the floor

her lines they crack away

she shatters on the tiles

like the mirror that she shatters

like the mirror that she shadows



the street it's night it's dark

I cannot see too well

but a fog descended on her room

that much I can tell



and every drop of water

drew salts across her soul, Lord

and every bead of water

made the beaded bodies roll



a cat stopped by to listen

'til her breathing ceased to toil

and on a separate street

well, that man he ceased to moil



yellow dawn is yellowing

now I can see the girl

now I can see her face

on the tiles I see her curled



breeze - it blows the curtains

across the wayward tiles

across the sleeping ones

on separate streets - I have to smile



they still will not understand

why they awaken so new

but their sleep was close to...holy

my darlings

we're watching over you



across the alley

there is a rented room

there is a girl

I watch I watch her

I watch I watch her

We watch We watch her