The District Sleeps Alone Tonight

  C       Dm  Am
Smeared black ink:
C     Dm       Am
your face is ashen and
                     C   Dm     Am
I'm barely listening to last demands
C           Dm                   Am
I'm staring at the asphalt wondering what's
Buried underneath

F     C G
where i am
F     C G   F
where i am

     C    Dm  Am    C               Dm
I'll wear my badge: a vinyl sticker with big block
         Am
Letters adherent to my chest
C          Dm         Am    C       Dm
That tells your new friends i am a visitor here:
Am
i am not permanent
C       Dm     Am   C  Dm      Am
And the only thing keeping me dry is

F     C G
where i am

(F C G)
You seem so out of context in this gaudy
Apartment complex
A stranger with a door key explaining that i am
Just visiting
And i am finally seeing why i was the one worth
Leaving
F
why i was the one worth
  C
Leaving


C Dm   Am
D.c. sleeps alone tonight
(2X)

(F C G)
You seem so out of context in this gaudy
Apartment complex
A stranger with a door key explaining that i am
Just visiting
And i am finally seeing why i was the one worth
Leaving
F
why i was the one worth
  C
Leaving

F              C           G
The district sleeps alone tonight after the bars turn out their lights
F            C              G
And send the autos swerving into the loneliest evening
F         C             G                        F
And i am finally seeing why i was the one worth leaving
                          C
why i was the one worth leaving
                          F
why i was the one worth leaving
                          C     F C
why i was the one worth leaving