Nine Whole Lives

I think I'm gonna go down
 to the land of perpetual twilight
 wherewhere bags of weird junkstands
 howling at the street lamps
 And fun house mirrors pose
 And shop windows and statues come to life
 And gargoyles dance
 I think I'm gonna go down to where the street sweeps are saints
 Where dog eats dog and the rats are winning the race
 I think I'm gonna go down and watch the people chase their lives
 And life chase it's tail with death close behind
 I can't sit still
 Pacing the window sill
 Of curiosity
 Nine whole lives ahead of me
 Nine whole lives to do as I please
 I can't sit still
 It's the fun, it's the thrill
 Of possibility
 Nine whole lives ahead of me
 Nine whole lives to do as I please
 I think I'm gonna go down
 Then I'll go down even further
 Where sunlight has to be bottled, labeled, taxed, and imported.
 There's laughter spilling out of an inconspicuous gutter
 It makes you stop to think
 It makes you kind of wonder
 Just what goes on when you're looking the other way
 What's outside of the words that we link.
 Just what goes on behind closed doors.
 What invisible wonders as re under your nose
 I can't sit still
 Pacing the window sill
 Of curiosity
 Nine whole lives ahead of me
 Nine whole lives to do as I please
 I can't sit still
 It's the fun, it's the thrill
 Of possibility/
 Nine whole lives ahead of me
 Nine whole lives to do as I please
 Nine whole live ahead of me
 Nine whole lives to do as I please
 Nine whole lives ahead of me
 Nine whole lives to do as I please
 Nine whole lives ahead of me
 Nine whole lives to do as I please