Washington Street Lyrics - Laurie Anderson

It's midnight downtown. It's been raining for days 

Rain beats down. 

It covers the streets with its sparkling skin. 

In the deli purple light 

A woman in a party dress pays for some milk 

Yellow cab stops for a light 

Two men in black hats are running 

A messenger on a bike 

Pile drivers pounding. They've set up some lights. 

They're digging a hole. It's filling up with black water. 

Rainy days. Rainy nights. 

Steam rises, covers the city. 

Pieces of old newspaper float like paper boats 

They slide along the rushing water in the gutter. 

Rainy days. Rainy nights. 

Rain falls down and covers the city 

It falls from fabulous heights. 

Covers the streets with its sparkling skin. 

And over on Jane street they're shooting that movie again 

They just can't seem to get it right 

Behind a warehouse in a burned out building 

A man is sleeping in a cardboard box on a pile of salt 

Rainy days. Rainy nights. 

Rain falls down and covers the city 

It falls from fabulous heights. 

Covers the streets with its sparkling skin. 

A man on a park bench 

He sits in the pouring rain.