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You Know It's Dark When Atheists Start to Pray
Jesse Malin

Joey was a man from the other side

Came across the sea for a better life

When he got close they made him change his name

Push along a cart through the market place

Keep it in your heart when you're getting spades

But that was so many years ago

I lived in many places, I've fallen out of graces

I tried to feed the fire for so long

Hey man, where you going

Up town the river's rolling

The sun comes, I'll be on my way

A Nietzsche mustache and a peasant's hat

Five hungry kids in a water flat

Maybe I'll make a little more today

A new world dream and some old school pride

He couldn't make a meet so he took his life

I saw a photograph and made memories in my mind

I've fallen out of graces, I've ran so many races

I tried to breathe the fire for so long

Hey man, where you going

Up town the river's rolling

The sun comes, I'll be on my way

Well he was on the blacklist in '53

And he talked about the conspiracy

He said the next war is gonna blow us all away

I played in churches and I prayed in bars

A young kid with a sad guitar

To get close I had to go far away

Well I became a drifter

Sent postcards to my sister

And I can hear her smile even when I'm far away

Hey man, where you going

Up town the river's rolling

The sun comes, I'll be on my way

Well I drank with kings and danced with whores

On mountain tops and distant shores

But you made me feel like someone I wished to be

I tried to wear my father's clothes

I planted seeds that didn't grow

With a handful of thorns I thought that I was free

Worked in a bank, drove a diesel van

Even Sonny Wortzik had a plan

Do your time and get out of society

Hey man, where you going

Up town the river's rolling

The sun comes, I'll be on my way

Now you're sitting in an office, you've never seen the world

Gonna blame it on the government or a girl

But there's somewhere else you know you'd rather be

Scratching off the numbers in a liquor store

Dreaming of picking up a '44

Tell me more about your fantasy

Hey man, where you going

Up town the river's rolling

The sun comes, I'll be on my way

From Spanish Harlem to Ditmas Park

A lonely game of court and spark

I wrote a song, I figured it's the only way

While the girls from school all married stiffs

WIth a flat screen and couple kids

And they say a prayer in their own little way

Well a friend of mine became a priest

And we lost another in the Middle East

Well, you know it's dark when atheists start to pray

Hey man, where you going

Up town the river's rolling

The sun comes, I'll be on my way

Boxes in the corner neatly stacked

Parts of me, paper and wax

For a headline day to ride in that Cadillac

And when it's over and I've had my fill

They're gonna put my body up on Cypress Hill

Near Houdini for the final disappearing act

Hey man, where you going

Up town the river's rolling

The sun comes, I'll be on my way

Hey man, whatcha doing

All along the road to ruin

You know it's dark when Atheists start to pray

From the fox holes to the quarter

Got your mojo workin'

Or whatever you believe in, all your voodoo

Well, the river runs deep and the river runs wide


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