Smeared black ink
Your palms are sweaty
And I'm barely listening
To last demands
I'm staring at the asphalt wondering
What's buried underneath where I am?
Where I am

I'll wear my badge:
A vinyl sticker with big block letters
Adhered to my chest
Tells your new friends
I am a visitor here, I am not permanent
And the only thing keeping me dry is
Where I am

You seem so out of context,
In this gaudy apartment complex
A stranger with your door key
Explaining that I'm just visiting
And I am finally seeing
I was the one worth leaving
I was the one worth leaving

D.C. sleeps alone tonight

You seem so out of context
In this gaudy apartment complex
A stranger with your door key
Explaining that I'm just visiting
And I am finally seeing
I was the one worth leaving
I was the one worth leaving

The district sleeps alone tonight
After the bars turn out their lights
And send the autos swerving
Into the loneliest evening
And I am finally seeing
I was the one worth leaving
I was the one worth leaving
I was the one worth leaving
I was the one worth leaving