sleep easy

Painted on the walls around me
Messages try and soothe the poets
Lost in hunger, aching for someone
To see what they have to say

Pass beyond the bearded wonders
Spewing their knowledge
Begging for quarters
Lives are drained from faces to bottles
Emptiness remains

[Chorus]
Now it's too dark for the poor to see
We smile and blame society
Drown in mediocrity
But sleep easy

Sax makes love to the sounds of the city
Propositions flow like wine
Ridicule stains the rich kids sidewalk
Laugh at the bums, they're blind

[Chorus]