Film Noir

(J. Webb/C.Simon)

Got on in New Haven

Last car on the train

Put my hat on the seat

Wipe the tears from my eyes

I watched my life go by

Like a movie in my brain

Scenes unreeling;

In a sceneless chain

On the window

And a silver screen of rain!

And the opening title scroll

And the score comes in and under

And I'm in the starring role

In a world of love-struck wonder;

It's a tale full of promise, about two crazy kids;

Falling in love, but in flashback

And then the music

That gorgeous music;

And I wake up

Rattling down the railroad trackHe could be sweet

But I stayed on my guard

Just how good a liar

Can a decent man be?

I always played my hand

Like I didn't have the cards

Cause he held them all

So I could never see

Yes, he played me for a fool

And I agreed

And the closing credits roll

And the waves come in like thunder

Cause the hero's lost control

And I made a fatal blunder

Just another sad story;

Two star-crossed kids

Racing headlong up a cul-de-sac

And then that music

That mournful music

And the train's disappearing

Down that railroad trackAnd the long, slow dissolve

As we fade to black