Headlight cars do battle down the boulevard
Stoppinâ in the corner bars or rollinâ to get home
Orchestrated stars all laughinâ at the weather charts
Reflectinâ off the moon and Mars
Like they were spinninâ in a bowl, baby
Well waitress your tips are heads or tails
And surely luck would never fail you
Hang your apron on a nail
If this work doesnât pay
As the diners sign the air for checks
Sayinâ, âPut your coat on, sheâll come overâ
Wind their watches like youâd expect
Theyâve got tickets for some balletâ¦
Thinkinâ I thought I was
Beginninâ to see the light
I was beginninâ to see the light
And now there ainât no doubt about itâ¦
(Baby all right)
TV tubes do glow in ghostly white and blue
Panning cameras, Action News, your dinner on a tray
I got the sound check blues, babyâ¦
Up the bottom, blow the fuse
Call for whiskey, tie your shoes
Up in Point Breeze there are no trees
To shield the moonless sky, youâre seen
To walk the streets in baggy jeans and never say hello
And its half a fifty gallon drum at a
Barbecue for everyoneâ¦the old folks chat,
The sodas flat, and thereâs not a single whiteâ¦