Rockabye

Tending the garden of noise
Where i grow the traffic
And the church bells
And the neighborhood boys
Singing to myself
When the solitude sets in
In tune with the symphony
Of south brooklyn
I sing
Rockabye, rockabye baby
Rockabye, the baby that is me
Rockabye, rockabye baby
Rockabye till i’m fast asleep
The tunnel is train torn
The tracks are worn and sore
I can feel the rattle
Riding up through the floor
She jumped the turnstile
He paid for his ride
I am the echo in the station
Where their footfalls collide
I left her at the epicenter
We were trembling dutifully
I left him too
I left parts of me
Singing…
Rockabye, rockabye baby
Rockabye, the baby that is me
Rockabye, rockabye baby
Rockabye till i’m fast asleep (repeats)
I said today i am leaving
In every sense of the word
But i’m in love with your memory already
Everything i’ve seen and heard
And i will go singing
As the solitude sets in
In time with the rhythm
Of everywhere i have been
It sounds like
Rockabye, rockabye baby
Rockabye, the baby that is me
Rockabye, rockabye baby
Rockabye till i’m fast asleep (repeats x3)
Tending the garden of noise
Where i grow the traffic
And the church bells
And the neighborhood boys
Singing to myself
When the solitude sets in
In tune with the symphony
Of south brooklyn