The Crocodiles of New York
歌詞
The Crocodiles of New York
[Verse] When I was a boy in a city far and grand Where lights would dazzle And dreams were all planned Whispers spoke of sewers deep in dark skin Where crocodiles lurked Waiting to begin [Verse 2] They said they'd watch through grates and the cracks Hungry eyes gleaming Unbound by shackles Every naughty child pulled into their snare Silent cries echoed in the midnight air [Chorus] Oh The crocodiles of New York In shadows they lie For the mischief-makers They'd silently sigh A tug in the night No soul would tell In the city's veins They'd vanish Farewell [Verse 3] We'd sit by the fireside Our little hearts fraught Listening to tales Imagining the caught A lesson to heed Be good and be right Or face the beasts that prowl through the night [Bridge] I never saw their scales Green and cold But the stories they told still tighten their hold In dreams they creep With jaws open wide Those childhood fears in the memory reside [Verse 4] The old city's changed It's grown wise and proud Streets paved anew Buried whispers unbowed But once in a while A faint splashing sound Reminds us of tales where the lost were drowned