Cincinnatti

you don't know where you are going
you're not happy with where you've been
you spent your lifetime flirting
with a tonic and a gin

and when you chased me down that alley
with an angry bottle in your hand
past the mother with her daughter
as her son played in the band

i could read that whiskey label
when it flew over my head
i had dreams of Cincinnati
and i knew then i was dead

hear me playing your piano
fingers touching all the keys
but you've stolen all my rainbows
and i'm asking for them, please

hear me playing your piano
fingers free as winter air
but you've stolen all my memories
i can't find them anywhere

you don't know where you are going
you're not happy with where you've been
you spent your lifetime flirting
with a tonic and a gin

and when you pulled a gun and shot me
with a painted target on my back
past the midnight stand on Main Street
as the road sign flashed to black

i could feel that bullet flying
when it flew over my head
i had dreams of Cincinnati
and i knew then i was dead