I’ve lived in this town for 13 years, I’ve been around.
You see that window in that tower? That was mine.
Under that fluorescent light where I made cold calls through the night to houses deep in suburbs I will never go.
Then in Chinatown I’d get something and hang around. How does that busker know each day from the next?
See that man who just [bad word] past me?
Well I know him, but don’t ask me about him.
I wonder, is he still with his wife?

What is a life? x4

The ferries pull up in the evening warmth.
I used to give out papers here as [bad word] on their way home. The streets are full of plaques.
Just where that park is used to be a den of whalers, Jesus Christ!

What is a life? x8

Of all the jobs I’ve had, where I can’t say they’ve turned out bad,
Its just funny when you think back, i was you.
waiter on his break, he smokes a cigarette and takes a long look at a repaired paring knife.