The Napkin Frame

[Intro]
[Verse]
Two A.M. below the track
Rumble shakes my glass of rye
Subway echoes coming back
Ink is running dry
Brooklyn rain against the grate
Shadows lean and hesitate
[Chorus]
You left a line
A half-finished design
On a napkin stained with wine
Oh, what a crime
To leave the frame so bare
When I was almost there
(Shoo-be-doo, yeah)
[Verse]
I draw the worlds in ink
But tonight I only think
Of the girl in the booth
Who captured the truth
With a charcoal stroke so fast
A moment meant to last
[Pre-Chorus]
The piano plays a lonely fill
Time is standing very still
I search the room for you
But the smoke is turning blue
[Chorus]
You left a line
A half-finished design
On a napkin stained with wine
Oh, what a crime
To leave the frame so bare
When I was almost there
(Shoo-be-doo, yeah)
[Bridge]
The trumpet moans a low F-minor
The bass is walking down the hall
I'm just a lonely midnight diner
Waiting for the final call
Was it a ghost?
Or just a boast?
[Solo]
[Verse]
The archtop guitar starts to weep
While the city falls asleep
I trace the curve of my jaw
In the sketch that I saw
Did you see the tired eyes?
Underneath my thin disguise?
[Hook]
Daba-da, ba-da, doo
Where are you?
Daba-da, ba-da, doo
I’m feeling blue
In the smoke and the haze
Of these Brooklyn days
[Chorus]
You left a line
A half-finished design
On a napkin stained with wine
Oh, what a crime
To leave the frame so bare
When I was almost there
(Shoo-be-doo, yeah)
[Break]
[Post-Chorus]
Just a ghost in the light
Disappearing in the night
Leaving me with a pen
Until we meet again
Yeah, until we meet again
[Outro]Outro