he hounds are running in the alley-way below
 underlining all her sins
 
 across the alley
 there is a rented room
 there is a girl
 I watch I watch her
 
 yellow cotton curtains
 the tiles are black and white
 why are you home early?
 is this another one of those nights?
 
 straighten up the lilacs
 straighten up your hair
 over to the mirror
 what do you see there?
 
 you know why he is living
 on a separate street away from you
 usually you can forget
 but tonight the hounds they get to you
 
 the hounds are running in the alley-way below....
 underlining all her sins
 
 magnets in the mirror
 usually you croon
 but tonight you are no beauty
 in your rented room
 
 he knows why he is living
 on a separate street away from you
 usually he can forget
 but tonight the hounds they get to him
 
 the mirror shows a man in a chair
 she sees him sway
 he's falling to the floor
 his lines they crack away
 who is this man?
 you know him you know him you know him
 
 his being is your being
 his scent is on your skin
 his mind is on your mind
 his breathing is your breathing
 
 so she goes to her own chair
 I see her sway
 she's falling to the floor
 her lines they crack away
 she shatters on the tiles
 like the mirror that she shatters
 like the mirror that she shadows
 
 the street it's night it's dark
 I cannot see too well
 but a fog descended on her room
 that much I can tell
 
 and every drop of water
 drew salts across her soul, Lord
 and every bead of water
 made the beaded bodies roll
 
 a cat stopped by to listen
 'til her breathing ceased to toil
 and on a separate street
 well, that man he ceased to moil
 
 yellow dawn is yellowing
 now I can see the girl
 now I can see her face
 on the tiles I see her curled
 
 breeze - it blows the curtains
 across the wayward tiles
 across the sleeping ones
 on separate streets - I have to smile
 
 they still will not understand
 why they awaken so new
 but their sleep was close to...holy
 my darlings
 we're watching over you
 
 across the alley
 there is a rented room
 there is a girl
 I watch I watch her
 I watch I watch her
 We watch We watch her