Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire

Cold blue steel out of money One eye for the beat police Sweet fire calling "You can't deny me Now you know what you need" Underneath the jungle gym Hollow-grey-fire-escape-thief Looking for sweet fire Shadow of Lady Release "Come with me I know the way" she says "It's down, down, down the dark ladder Do you want to contact somebody first Leave someone a letter You can come now Or you can come later" A wristwatch, a ring, a downstairs screamer Edgy-black cracks of the sky "Pin-cushion-prick- Fix this poor bad dreamer!" "Money" cold shadows reply Pawnshops crisscrossed and padlocked Corridors spit on prayers and pleas Sparks fly up from sweet fire Black soot of Lady Release "Come with me I know the way" she says "It's down, down, down the dark ladder Do you wanna contact somebody first Does it really matter If you come now Or if you come on later?" Red water in the bathroom sink Fever and the scum brown bowl Blue Steel still begging But it's indistinct Someone's hi-fi drumming Jelly Roll Concrete concentration camp Bashing in veins for peace Cold blue steel and sweet fire Fall into Lady Release "Come with me I know the way" she says "It's down, down, down the dark ladder Do you wanna contact somebody first I mean what does it really matter You're gonna come now Or you're gonna come later" --- Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire - Joni Mitchell