See-Through Happiness

 

downtown by the vanity show
downtown by calamity row
just to be
yeah we go
and I watch with a prisoner's eye
big things make a passionate guy out of me
yeah they do

and I profess my nonchalance
but sally knows what sally wants
more or less
and we're practicing our see-through happiness

downtown by the vertical isles
downtown dionysius smiles on a few
every day
late night but the market awaits
but we've got our priorities straight
yeah we do
so we say

high above the streetside bon vivants
sally knows what sally wants
more or less
and we're practicing our see-through happiness

we understand each other now
we understand each other
we've got our ticket in our heads
hanging out above the ledge
paying for the privilege of climging up our golden wall
another sisyphus is riding in his elevator
that's really all

downtown we're the popular ones
downtown baby isn't it fun
honey yeah
give me more
downtown and the legend prevails
we've got our hot lips and apocryphal tales
of a life
never known

10,000 breathless confidants
sally knows what sally wants
more or less
and we're showing off our see-through happiness




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