Wrecker Lyrics

Down below past the fire escapes

They're widening the street

Men hurry from men and women hurry

Past the women they meet

There are many streets, and some are clean

There are many meetings, most unseen

Are we many, and are we seen?

Does any meeting leave us clean?

Oh, bring a wrecker

Oh, bring a wrecker

Oh

Oh

I threw a child from high up

To the street

And he landed in a low crouch

He set off like a footballer

In cleats—

That unfathomable absent doubt

There are many streets, and some are clean

There are many meetings, most unseen

Are we many, and are we seen?

Does any meeting leave us clean?

Oh, bring a wrecker

Oh, bring a wrecker

Oh

Oh

I call myself an event, and I am

I see myself in the up of cups

I find myself in danger this A.M.

But ups are downs and downs are ups

Are we many, and are we seen?

Does any meeting leave us clean?

Oh, bring a wrecker

Oh, bring a wrecker

Oh

Oh

Looking through the fire escape I see

Men living sheets to sheets

And looking through the fire escape I see

Women tripped by many feet

Sometimes the air of the city

Lifts into the room

Sometimes I find myself speaking of myself

In the past tense

Oh, bring a wrecker

Oh, bring a wrecker

Oh

Oh

Oh, bring a wrecker

Oh, bring a wrecker

Oh

Oh