Freedom Park

Broken bottles, broken glass
 $5 baggies on the ground
 And the evening sky rising high above
 This forgotten place we found
 Sirens wail back in the canyons
 We fled here to escape
 And I hold your hand and feel you shiver
 As the winter swirls around your face
 On this January Sunday
 We watch the airplanes fly away
 As they rise up from the airport
 Above the Meadowlands Highway
 See their reflections in the river
 Sliding by us cool and dark
 Like tiny silver fish
 They ride the current wish
 Away from Freedom Park
 CHORUS
 Someday someday
 We're gonna look down
 Upon this strip of cold concrete
 And remember, remember, remember the sound
 Of broken bottles beneath our feet
 As we crash through heaven's tollbooth
 In our fleeting getaway car
 And pick apart this town
 Until we're looking down into this Freedom Park
 We share a Milky Way in quiet
 As we walk out past the spot
 Where there used to be a swing set
 Where a little girl got shot
 I know you're thinkin about your brother, Richard, too
 I wish we could bring him back
 As the wind toots on a liquor bottle
 Inside a paper sack
 "Now put your gloves on girl," you hear me say
 My arm slippin around your waist
 "Its cold as hell" I hear me say
 As the dusk becomes this place
 Then we're listenin' to a fading jet
 Slip up into the dark
 And without a word we turn around
 And walk outta Freedom Park
 CHORUS