Gates of the West

But just like them we walk on, we can't escape our fate

I'm looking back for home and I can see the lights
The city casts a shadow of the perfect crime
I take my pulse and the pulse of my friend
I'm standing at the gates of the West
I take my pulse and the pulse of my friend
In the shadow again
I'm standing at the Gates of the East

Ah, say I know somewhere back and forth in time
Not many make it this far and many say we're great

I burn money at the lights of the sign
He's telling the waitress he's great
Standing at the gates of the West
Both said they needed something new

The city casts a shadow, will I see you again?
East side Jimmy and South side Sue

Both say they needed something new
The immigrants an' remnants of all the glory years
Can't you hear the sighing?
I burn money at the light of the sign
Out on the dust bowls, deep in the roulette mine
Or in the ghetto cellar only yesterday
The city casts a shadow of the perfect crime
There's a move into the future for USA
I should be jumpin' shoutin' that I made it all this way

I'm standing at the gates of the West
In the shadow again
So I'm standing at the Gates of the West
In the shadow again
But then you see the losers as they turn in for the night
So I'm standing at the Gates of the West
I hear them crying

The city casts a shadow, will I see you again?
East side Jimmy and South side Sue
Little Richard's in the kitchen playing spoons and plates
I'm standing at the Gates of the East
From Camden Town Station to 44th and 8th

Are clustered around the bar again for another round of beers