(Night windows)

Night windows
Leaves me under empty rows of night windows
And watch the way we used to be
Night windows
That I miss the way it could be
Night windows
The full moon makes our faces shine
Drown the generals out in static
Blinking, lined with gravel
And nearly smiling
We could walk to where these streets
(Night windows)

Where the power lines steal lessons

Shoulder squared towards an end
Glancing up at where you lived

Night windows
(But you're not coming home again)
From dappling traffic
(But you're not coming home again)
When you lived here
Remember how I'm sorry
Depluralize our casualties
Like over-ironed polyester

(And I won't ever get to say)
(And I won't ever get to say)
From the hourly news
Stop and hold my breath

Where the radio resounds

Send us signals in the glow of night windows
Night windows
Get pulled together
I see you suddenly alive
We turn and watch our city sprawl
Remember how I'm sorry

Then disappears behind the clouds
That I miss the way it could be
Night windows