battery park
©1999, sockdrawer music
rev 10/25/01, 3:25 pm, 05/17/04, 10:16pm


she was tired of being alone
on that rooftop in battery park
so she walked & walked & walked & walked & walked & walked & walked & walked 
until church & state went dark

she had a meltdown on a Chelsea corner
she held a sit down in a sidewalk café
and she ate and ate and ate and ate and ate and ate and ate and ate
no one dared take her plate away

	it’s been a few years since she needed to come back
	it’s been a few years since she wore anything but black
	now it’s too clear she’s gonna survive intact
	but it’ll be a few years before she comes back again

“if you believe in fate, you’ll never have any fun”
that’s what she told her viceroy down on 14th street
now she just laughs and laughs and laughs and laughs 
and laughs and laughs and laughs and laughs 
she’s an adult in every single way

	it’s been a few years since she needed to come back
	and it’ll be a few years before she comes back again