The LAST Alley Lyrics

Empty streets and fading light

Another day turns into night

No warm lap, no bowl of cream

Just shadows of a distant dream

Cardboard box behind the store

Paw prints in the rain once more

Used to have a window sill

Now just memories to fill

These cold and lonely days

As my fur starts to gray

They used to call me pretty

Now they look away

In this unforgiving city

Where strays don't get to stay

I'm just a whisper in the alley

A ghost upon these streets

Nobody stops to rally

For the cat nobody keeps

These nine lives are fading

Like footsteps in the snow

The world keeps on trading

Love for letting go

Remember when they fed me scraps

Behind the diner's rusty taps

Now the door is always locked

And every kindness seems to stop

My ribs show through my coat

As winter takes its hold

The kittens all have shelters

While I fade away

Among the city's welters

Another castaway

Sometimes I dream of warmth again

Of gentle hands and "welcome friend"

But dreams don't fill an empty bowl

Or heal a tired, broken soul

Soft meows echo through the night

As stars begin to lose their light

The morning brings no hope today

As strength begins to slip away

I'm just a whisper in the alley

A ghost upon these streets

Nobody stops to rally

For the cat nobody keeps

These nine lives are ending

Like footprints in the rain

No use in pretending

I'll find a home again

The alley's getting colder now

My eyes are growing dim somehow

One last purr into the night

As I fade into the light

(Silence falls...)