Fire Escape - Matthew Mayfield

Hey dark eyes Rest me me awhile as i drift closer to sleep But still cannot Still cannot find no peace You let go of glass at our feet That rang through the night You take the fire escape Run down the street to the church Hey murderer The killing keeps us closer enough Hey murderer Every breath you steal is a breath i breathe for you You let go of glass at our feet That rang through the night You take the fire escape Run down the street to the church You let go of glass at our feet That rang through the night You take the fire escape Run down the street to the church

We'll smoke like a couple in the 1960's Lit up like a pair of Woodstock hippies Lookin' down on a town where it don't seem wrong To be a bonfire blaze where it don't belong Meet me on the fire escape Meet me on the fire escape Don't let me wait I wanna start up this flame Meet me on the fire escape Meet me on the fire escape When the building's burning Baby, we're to blame Mmm Downtown bar band's bouncing off the brick walls Half pint lovers rollin' out with their last calls The street lights down on Lafayette Ain't seen nothin' like you and me yet Oh' meet me on the fire escape Meet me on the fire escape Don't let me wait I wanna start up this flame Meet me on the fire escape Meet me on the fire escape When the building's burning Baby' we're to blame Baby' we're to blame Mmm (Ah, ah) (Ah, ah) We'll smoke like a couple in the 1960's Up all night like New York City Oh' meet me on the fire escape Meet me on the fire escape Don't let me wait I wanna start up this flame Meet me on the fire escape Meet me on the fire escape When the building's burning Baby, we're to blame Mmm (Ah, ah) Mmm' mmm (Ah, ah)

Meet me out by the fire escape It's been 40 nights and 40 days I've become uncertain in a cosmic way Chewed my fingers to the bone today Oh, won't you come around, meet me by the fire escape? Untie this tied tongue tie What is it that I wanna say? What is it that I really wanna say? What are the words I've been choking on, hoping someone will articulate? Oh, no, that's some murky water Alright, we're in the trenches now I don't know when the party's over All I know is I'm getting out somehow Oh, what a fever dream Meet me out by the fire escape Join the procession down the alleyway Our freedom's a joke, and we've got debts to pay How many waves until the levee breaks? Oh, won't you come around, meet me by the fire escape? Untie these tied tongue ties What is it that we wanna say? What is it that we really wanna say? What are the truths we've been choking on, hoping someone will articulate? Oh, no, that's some murky water Alright, we're in the trenches now I don't know how the story ends But the pages just turn over and then turn over again Redemption's always out of sight and just around the bend And the outcome doesn't match with what it is that I intend Like a stack of books that grows and gathers dust beside the bed Or the disconnect between what people do and what they've said And I wanna read the news, maybe without losing my head Oh, what a fever dream Meet me out by the fire escape It's been 40 nights and 40 days I've become uncertain in a cosmic way Chewed my fingers to the bone today

I'm your mama, I'm your daddy I'm that nigga in the alley I'm your doctor when in need Want some coke? Have some weed You know me, I'm your friend Your main boy, thick and thin I'm your pusherman I'm your pusherman Ain't I clean? Bad machine Super cool, super mean Dealin' good, for The Man Superfly, here I stand Secret stash, heavy bread Baddest bitches in the bed I'm your pusherman I'm your pusherman I'm your pusherman Silent life of crime A man of odd circumstance A victim of ghetto demands Feed me money for style And I'll let you trip for a while Insecure from the past How long can a good thing last? No, no, no Got to be mellow, y'all Got to get mellow, now Pusherman gettin' mellow, y'all Heavy mind, every sign Makin' money all the time My LD and just me For all junkies to see Ghetto Prince is my thing Makin' love's how I swing I'm your pusherman I'm your pusherman Two bags, please For a generous fee Make your world what you want it to be Got a woman I love desperately Wanna give her somethin' better than me Been told I can't be nuthin' else Just a hustler in spite of myself I know I can break it This life just don't make it Lord, Lord, yeah Got to get mellow, now Gotta be mellow, y'all Got to get mellow, now I'm your mama, I'm your daddy I'm that nigga in the alley I'm your doctor when in need Want some coke? Have some weed You know me, I'm your friend Your main boy, thick and thin I'm your pusherman I'm your pusherman I'm your pusherman I'm your pusherman Lord, Lord