Chinatown Calculation lyrics

Chinatown Calculation


It ain`t easy
watchin` 6 years
slipping through my picket gate.
Like some wounded dog escapin`
through the hole in the kennel fence
The water`s boiling, poached eggs waiting
The toast I notice - still on the plate
The queen of diamonds
lying face down
Your hidden message makes no sense
Whoever the new mystery man is
I`ve got to admit - he knows his business
You`re reading me now
From the right to the left
And it`s coming out just the way you might expect
Chinatown Calculation.
That`s cool with no regrets.


The city seems so cold t`night
and I`m fighting the feeling that something`s been lost
Cynical friends got their cynical bends
Their dialogue`s on a single track
They say I`m sad `cause the rube went walkin`
That`s the price .. don`t they know love costs?
Sometimes money but mostly the moments ..
That seem so much a part of the pact

Chorus

It ain`t easy
watchin` 6 years
slipping through my picket gate
Like some wounded dog escapin`
through the hole in the kennel fence
I never saw that cold equation algebra behind your face
That wrote me off as a bad transaction
Your abacus spoke deadly sense
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