Light Rail Coyote

Let’s meet in the city where The rivers cross bridges there Let’s float down into the stream Of rich and poor pioneers A kid from a western town Wants to be seen and go out Let’s borrow my parent’s car Let’s stay out all night up there And Burnside will be our street Where the kids and the hookers meet Diners and strip club junk Bookstores and punk rock clubs [Chorus] Water, building and sin (I’m as green as this blade in the grass that bends) Big Oregon city draws you in (In the wind that blows on the long weekends) A promise fulfilled or not (Where I take the bridge to the water fountains) Just hang on 'til the summer, it's hot (And to gain the hope that the city brings) We’ll make our home water-tight Work all day, play all night And hope we’re not washed away By deceit or tragedy And Joan of Arc rules Northeast Where the poor and the hipsters meet The grid that divides us all The river makes final call Out at the edge of town Where airfield runs water down Coyote crosses the tracks And hops on the Light-Rail Max [Chorus] And if you wanna be a friend of mine Cross the river to the east side Find me on the eve of suicide Tell me the city is no place to hide Take me out into a sunny day Through the grotto or the promenade You came to me in the nick of time Thankful for the things I left behind Oh dirty river, come let me in Oh dirty river, come let me in Oh dirty river, come let me in Oh dirty river