Rockabye

Tending the garden of noise

where i grow the traffic

and the church bells

and the neighborhood boys

singing to myself

when the solitude sets in

in tune with the symphony

of south brooklyn

i sing



rockabye, rockabye baby

rockabye, the baby that is me

rockabye, rockabye baby

rockabye till i'm fast asleep



the tunnel is train torn

the tracks are worn and sore

i can feel the rattle

riding up through the floor

she jumped the turnstile

he paid for his ride

i am the echo in the station

where their footfalls collide

i left her at the epicenter

we were trembling dutifully

i left him too

i left parts of me

singing...



rockabye, rockabye baby

rockabye, the baby that is me

rockabye, rockabye baby

rockabye till i'm fast asleep (repeats)



i said today i am leaving

in every sense of the word

but i'm in love with your memory already

everything i've seen and heard

and i will go singing

as the solitude sets in

in time with the rhythm

of everywhere i have been

it sounds like



rockabye, rockabye baby

rockabye, the baby that is me

rockabye, rockabye baby

rockabye till i'm fast asleep (repeats x3)



tending the garden of noise

where i grow the traffic

and the church bells

and the neighborhood boys

singing to myself

when the solitude sets in

in tune with the symphony

of south brooklyn.