Down to the Wire

Wake up to the Biddle Street blues Can't shake the news All the way to the big dome They're trying The intrigues of the new royalty And the believers In the afterlife Share the same gamblers pages Cobblestone streets saw 3 sovereign flags As they raised their glasses to conquest and nation Still pawns playing out the legacy Of long dead industry titans and haters of men Feeling down to the wire Feeling down to the wire Plastic grocery bags fly from trees Proud symbols of a cavalier progress Memories and landscapes in triage Disappearing averages, permanent changes No jury will have a final say Everyone knows the jury is guilty Faced with no plan at all Just to trick a smile out of the moment Feeling down to the wire Feeling down to the wire Feeling down to the wire Feeling down to the wire