Last Days

When the cock crows

When the wind blows

When the primrose of dawn

Is at your windows

Moving through the deep

You chase dreams across your sleep

Scarecrows, waiting at your door

In the last days of the century

Leaning from your balcony

You said this is how its meant to be

Can't you feel it in the air

See that light come shining down

All the way to Chinatown

See it shine for miles around

Reflecting everywhere

You wore black clothes

You quoted Shakespeare

You know I still get the shakes

When you stand this near

You look like a star from Cecil B. DeMille

When I saw you waiting at your door

In the last days of the century

Leaning from your balcony

You say changes come so rapidly

Can't you feel them in the air

See that light come shining down

All the way to Chinatown

See it shine for miles around

Reflecting everywhere

In the last days of the century

Leaning from your balcony

You said this is how it's meant to be

Can't you feel it in the air

See that light come shining down

All the way to Chinatown

See it shine for miles around

Reflecting everywhere

Across the western world

The lights are going down

The gypsy armies of the evening

Have lit their fires across

The nether side of town

Will they not let them lead again

So here in the night

Leave your home it's time for running

Out of the light

I see the hosts of Mohammed coming

The holy sister bars her doors against the east

A town that stood so long divided

The unexpected guest is breaking up the feast

She may not let him leave again

And here in the night

Leave your home, it's time for running

Out of the light

I see the hosts of Mohammed coming

I dreamed I stood like this before

And I'm sure the words that I heard then

Were much the same

It's just old Greek tragedy they're playing here

Held over by popular acclaim

In the last days of the century

Leaning from your balcony

You say this is how it's meant to be

Can't you feel it in the air

Oh, see that light come shining down

All the way to Chinatown

See it shine for miles around

Reflecting everywhere