ISSUE 5, APRIL 1988

Century's End

Those trucks in the street
Is it really Monday?
Time to find some trouble again
Make a bid for romance
While the dollar stands a chance
Dumb love in the city at century's end

We cut to this blonde
Dancing on a mirror
There's no disbelief to suspend
It's the dance, it's the dress
She's a concept, more or less
Dumb love in the city at century' end

At century's end
Nobody's holding out for heaven
It's not for creatures here below
You just suit up for a game
The name of which we used to know
It might be Careless Rapture

This kid's got the eye
Call it Pirate Radar
She's scoping out the room for some trend
But there's nobody new
So she zeroes in on you
Dumb love in the city at century's end

Scratch the cab
We can take the local
Time to shoot the love scene, my friend
Which means look, maybe touch
But beyond that not too much
Dumb love in the city at century's end.

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