I remember
how the darkness doubled
I recall
lightning struck itself
I was listening
I was listening to the rain
I was hearing
I was hearing something else
Life in the hive puckered up my night
The kiss of death, the embrace of life
And there I stand neath the Marquee Moon
Just waiting
I spoke to a man down at the tracks
I asked him
how he don't go mad
He said "Look here junior,
just forget about these, you're so happy.
And then for Heaven's sake, don't you be so sad."
Life in the hive puckered up my night
The kiss of death, the embrace of life
And there I stand neath the Marquee Moon
Hesitate, hesitating
Well a Cadillac
it pulled out of the graveyard
Pulled up to me
and they said get in, "Get in, get in, get in."
Then the Cadillac
it puttered back into the graveyard
And me,
I got out, I got out again
Life in the hive puckered up my night
The kiss of death, the embrace of life
And there I stand neath the Marquee Moon
I ain't waiting. NO WAY.