Gutter Ballet

Album: Gutter Ballet (1989)
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  • Another sleepless night
    A concrete paradise
    Sirens screaming in the heat
    Neon cuts the eye
    As the jester sighs
    At the world beneath his feet

    It¹s a gutter ballet
    Just a menagerie
    Still the orchestra plays
    On a dark and lonely night
    To a distant fading light

    Balanced on their knives
    Little parts of lives
    Such a strange reality
    Kill the unicorn
    Just to have its horn
    Soon he¹s just a fantasy

    It¹s a gutter ballet
    Just a menagerie
    Still the orchestra plays
    On a dark and lonely night
    To a distant fading light

    The jester takes his bows
    Slips into the crowd
    As the actors fade away
    Another death to mourn
    Another child is born
    Another chapter in the play

    It¹s a gutter ballet
    Just a menagerie
    Still the orchestra plays
    On a dark and lonely night
    To a distant fading light
    Writer/s: CHRISTOPHER M OLIVA, JOHN N OLIVA, PAUL O'NEILL
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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