From hotels in the middle of the night I'm calling you out To candles cling tentative flames But they burn just the same Just in case you forget Sick in the silt of the strangest taste I've hated today Still something sings within the vein I forget to fail I forget to complain How much more can we stand to stay Before clouds complain Soaked to that critical stage With the overdressed words Of the well-meaning vague How much will the Leitmotiv sway To compensate for our fallow-yet-vigorous play On this century's take On the lived-but-yet-named Hold out, hold out Because this moon is twice as good When you see through a year of nights What you thought you understood Set out, set out Because this haze is bound to wane It can no longer pretend to hide The will of third-cla** seats on tomorrow's trains