Esplanade At Dawn

Consider that we knew it all along
The covenant we made was written hurriedly and on
The heels of other assuredly drawn, stiltedly
Starry nights and esplanades at dawn

Wastin' away and never wastin' time
Waitin' to color up the place and...
Waitin' for cover in the rain outside
In elegy and on her honor

And in the dark they sing of legends comin' home
Until this soft parade recedes into its own
Until the city sings alone

The case they made was posted on the cross
In vague array and targeted directions for the lost
In color where the trolley let us off
For we who threw the bit and brushed aside the Spanish moss

Wastin' away but never wastin' time
Waitin' to color up the place and...
Waitin' for cover in the rain outside
In harmony and on her honor

And in the grey decaying corners of the church
Unfolds a history, a fraying soft return
And in the blue and blurred impressions of the words
Recall impressions of the voices that we were
Now the city sings of her

Consider that we knew it all along
The promises we made have ferried on
The pictures and the cross have been redrawn
Like Dead To Rights and Starry Night and Esplanade at dawn