Lost in the Crowd
© 2010 Henry Salvia

So I'm sittin' here drunk, somewhere in some bar,
and I'm wondering where you might be
Are you happy, are you married, are you doin' the laundry,
while the kids are watchin' TV
The girl that I knew would have laughed at that picture,
and reached for the bindle and a beer
But I always believed, when I finally touched bottom, I'd turn and see you here

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When the night gets a little too lonely, and the shadows a little too loud
I reach for my mask, and I search for a door, and I try, to get lost, in a crowd

We tore through each town like a hurricane party, the damage all on the inside
Tossin' out tokens of occasional art, to pay for the E-ticket ride
We sang to the lawns, and mocked the boxes, kept one eye out for a thrill
Then she turned on a dime, and left me the change, that almost covered the bill

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I gave her all of my madness, she gave me a reason to fall
I loved you with everything that I had, but that, was nothing, at all

There's this place that I go sometimes after work,
when I can't face the rush-hour grind
There's an old pile of rags who sits at the bar, workin' on losin' his mind
He talks to his drink, and he yells at the jukebox, lies to us all night long
By the end of the evening, he slides down off his stool,
and sings, the same Gene Pitney song
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