Tonight there was a power cut in the city of madness 

And all conversations died in the burst of a solar flare 

In the darkness an angel won the beauty pagent 

Stroboscopic snowflakes fell from the stratosphere

And all the neon blew down funky Broadway 

And shorted out the eastern shore 

Only saxophones and beach trombones 

Were left to shout out, "We all need a little more."



I'm waiting for the rays of the morning sun 

Somebody tell me clearly, has the new world begun

Let all the wailing wail, let the drummer drum

We're waiting for the rays of the morning sun, hey, the morning sun

Whoa, oh, the morning sun, hey, hey, the morning sun

Has anybody seen the morning sun



I'm lost in a world beyond the lost city

I'm looking for a phone and I cant find one 

Gotta Tony Bennett eight track in the hotel pity 

The moon turned and shot someone 

I'm lost in a mack truck, Jack, in the city of words 

Only dead men stomp on the brake pedals in the city of nerves

Sow me some reaps, Jack, I'm dead on the heap 

Show me some glycerine, Mac, downhill is so steep 



I'm waiting for the rays of the morning sun 

Somebody tell me clearly, has the new world begun

Let all the wailing wail, let the drummer drum

We're waiting for the rays of the morning sun, hey, the morning sun

Whoa, oh, the morning sun, hey, hey, the morning sun

Has anybody seen the morning sun



Late news breakin', this just in

Late news breakin', this just in



The whole city is a debris of broken heels and party hats

I'm standing on the corner that's on a fold on the map 

I lost my friends at the deportee station 

I'll take immigration into any nation 



I'm waiting for the rays of the morning sun 

Somebody tell me clearly, has the new world begun

Let all the wailing wail, let the drummer drum

Waiting for the rays of the morning sun, hey, the morning sun

Whoa, oh, the morning sun, hey, hey, the morning sun

Has anybody seen the morning sun

Has the new world begun



Who is that screaming in Lunar Park

If they make Tony Adams captain 

We could all go screaming in Lunar Park

I say yes, oh, yes  you should check it out

Check it out, yeah, check it out

Check it out, check it out