Lyrics

THE NIGHT OWL AND THE ALLEY CAT

in a town next to the border where the cultures clash
the night owl comes to mix it up with the alley cat
and the poker faced commandos can't recall the question asked
but they are sure that violence is the answer

there's a place between the midnight and the hour of the dawn
where the reptiles stalk the sidewalk and the serpents roam the lawns
and the alley cat he crosses paths with a toothless refugee
competing for the crumbs they can gather

the street was once a place where no one was alone
where any freedom seeker could strike out on their owl
what used to be the truth has turned into a lie
the streets nowhere to live now it's just a place to die

brother's killin' brothers and the poor steal from the poor
innocent victims dying over some color war
recruiting kids to crime before they are old enough to think
somehow the circle must be broken

ten floors above there is a party goin' on
champagne is served and the air is filled with song
and the whole wide world appears to be just one big paradox
realize your dreams or dash them on the rocks

this street is not an avenue, it's not a boulevard
it's just a twisted pathway where every turn is hard
misguided souls are lost in a place not on a map
the street's nowhere to live now it's just become a trap