ghost town reunion (jazz lyrics)

strangers lie within.

same town, but streets

are all renamed.

the park has lost its

memory of

children's laughter.

the slides and swings are

missing now,

the grassy field is pitted

with the broken glass

of a thousand friday

nights

gone by, by, by

old witch on the corner

finally died.

now there's something

terrifying

right inside.

the white face peers

from second story

window panes,

with phone in hand to

dial up

the local nazi squad.

(how ee-eerily odd!)

your best bet is to

just become

a shadow now.

and if you must, then

be a gust of

silent wind.

keep yourself invisible

to cross-hair schemes.

hold your breath and

let the searchlights

pass you by, by, by

pass you by, by, by