The
apart ment is quite empty
The ashtray is quite full
And there must be some slight difference
Between myself an d loneliness
As I wade over backwards
And move across this floor
I'll be back in half an hour
If you could wait,
wait a little more
Scarlet lights a cigarette
Evening closes in around us both
Cause this apartment is done for
and this year there's nothing as worse
Lost on the way down
Lifting finger prints from
old matchbooks
Lost on the way down
Too late and I know what to wait for
To en d this year we tried,
it's over
Cop cars and taxi cabs
Either move too slow or too fast
This apartment's damn broken
This year the confidence was
Lost on the way down
Lift ing fin gerprint s
from old matchbooks
Lost on the way down
Do it, not know what, do it Lord
Do it, this year we try it's over
This time I'll try again
Before, once, let's try again
Once more, once we try again
gonna fail, this time try again
I think I said a thing I lost on the way down
Lifting fingerprints from
old matchbooks
Lost on the way down
To it, and I know what to wait for
To it, this year we tried, it's over
This time I'll try again, before
Once, let's try again, once more
Once we tried fear before,
this time try again