The Nits - Ivory Boy lyrics

The ivory boy came to Hamburg and Cologne He bought three one way tickets for the train He travelled with his sister and a girl who looked like Lili Marlene He said: "Cancer, cancer is a hurricane Blows away my body and it tears out my brain But the songs you play somehow ease the pain" You're keeping my senses awake You're keeping my senses awake You're keeping my senses awake Awake Sometime just before going on stage The girl with the pale and the beautiful face Suddenly stood next to me Like a ghost in the house of mystery She said: "Cancer, cancer, I'm a little flame That started this fire and burning his brain And I don't know who gave me a face like Lili Marlene" How can you fade away Like a light on a dark highway A million years from now I see you when the light changes Keeping your senses awake Awake So the lights went down and the crowd was dark Like the moon that covers the sun Except for two white faces that slowly became one How can you fade away Like a light on a dark highway A million years from now I see you when the light changes I will be there