Amplifier Old Movies

Watching through the dust

Im trapped in a theatre of velvet and rust

With lonely shafts of light

And other ghosts drinking refreshments thats served up by skeletons

Its the spaces in the dark

Where shadows of dead souls dance on the wall

Where not only were you the star

But you were the bleak soundtrack to my film noire

Yeah that was you



And its my job to be

embittered and constantly proving a mystery

But were dismal in the roles

Im scratchy and mono as Bogart

And you are a sepia Monroe -

Whos beneath the cobwebs and the chandeliers

With others whove been dead for years

Like heroes brought to life again

Like picture shows and Rocket-men

And the light that fills the room

Well its the flicker from a paper moon

And when the film is run and through

Well thats when the darkness must win
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