Rats

When the rats run riot And the screen door slams When the trees grow quiet Nothing but cats and cans When the breeze says‘try it' But you can't hardly see When yr love has died And you rat on me I see yr eyes in the half light I see the number on yr wall Endless strange things I see at night You don't see anything at all Shine a light into yr soul City streets so freezing cold City shadows mark the route When they let the rats out RATS You call it love alrihgt That was the catch A cold suicide Let me place you in my past With other precious toys But if yr ever feeling lowdown in the fractured sunshine I'll help you feel the noise Shine down You can go on home Shine down Go Go RATS Yr working overtime You are the moon Beyond yr mind When the rats run riot And the screen door slams When the world goes quiet You won't know where I am You could be my open road You could be the reason why You could ease my heavy load But I'm gonna freeze you out now You can let it shine Keep that in mind When they let'm out next time You could move a little closer Until yr leaning all up around my shoulder City shadows mark the route When they let the rats out