Under The Wire
On La Rue Avenue the traffic light is stuck on red
All the working girls trade their entire worlds just to be
fed
Big Tiny’s cruising losing time in his pink Cadillac
Listen to what I say one day the sun will set and never come
back
She cries out I got love some love for hire
Give me my desire under the wire
I got a fire and I wanna take it higher
Lust is a lousy liar under the wire
Down on Wall Street the bankers compete for just one more
buck
If you’re poor and don’t want to fight this war you’re out
of luck
The U.S.S. Liberty tells me everything I need to know
We can fornicate at eight get dinner then catch an early
show
She cries out I got love some love for hire
Give me my desire under the wire
I got a fire and I wanna take it higher
Lust is a lousy liar under the wire
Mother Teresa chit chats about the poor devouring lobster
and steak
Writing lyrics on pages of dreams looking for my big break
In Utopia Todd is called God and he still don’t wanna work
My the unknown has grown fear ferments in the shadows where they
lurk
She cries out I got love some love for hire
Give me my desire under the wire
I got a fire and I wanna take it higher
Lust is a lousy liar under the wire
A gaggle of drunks stumbling along mumbling a song that they
used to know
I knew Michelle very well it was hell watching her perform on
the go
Meanwhile without a smile the poets create free verse not
worthy of time
I’ve gone half way around the world in Timbuktu I found a
happy rhyme
Home’s where I want to be I read that in San Francisco Bay
He was the man of her dreams but unfortunately gay
Love is a mysterious force the source of everything good
I would bring peace and joy to our planet Earth if I only
could
She cries out I got love some love for hire
Give me my desire under the wire
I got a fire and I wanna take it higher
Lust is a lousy liar under the wire
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