I walked through the city limits,
(Someone talked me in to do it,)
Attracted by some force within it,
(Had to close my eyes to get close to it,)
Around a corner where a prophet lay,
(Saw the place where she'd a room to stay,)
A wire fence where the children played.
(Saw the bed where the body lay,)
And I was looking for a friend of mine.
(And I had no time to waste.)
Yeah, looking for some friends of mine.
The cars screeched hear the sound on dust,
(Heard a noise just a car outside,)
Metallic blue turned red with rust,
(Pulled in close by the building's side,)
In a group all forgotten youth,
(Had to think, collect my senses now,)
Are turned on to a knife edged view.
(Find some places where my friends don't know,)
And I was looking for a friend of mine.
(And I had no time to waste.)
Yeah, looking for some friends of mine.
Down the dark streets, the houses looked the same,
(Getting darker now, faces look the same,)
And I walked round and round.
(No stomach, torn apart,)
Nail me to a train,
(Had to think again,)
Trying to find a clue, trying to find a way to get out!
(Trying to move away, had to move away and keep out.)
Four, twelve windows, ten in a row,
(Behind a wall, well I looked down low,)
The lights shined like a neon show,
(Inserted deep felt a warmer glow,)
No place to stop, no place to go,
(No time to lose, had to keep on going,)
I guessed they died some time ago.
(I guessed they died some time ago.)
And I was looking for a friend of mine.
(And I had no time to waste.)
Yeah, looking for some friends of mine.