Miracle Mile Lyrics - Singles - Silkworm

I was caught in a bad dream I was locked out on love 

I got stuck in the slipstream until I lucked out for once 

In the sky behind this club I saw her face high rise 

It didn't want to lose it on that miracle mile 

But we played at CBGB on a 4th of July 3 a.m. 

Sound man wanted to kill us then 

He was strung out on Ex-Lax, he was fucked in his lungs 

He got shot out on Avenue A while sucking on some slut's tongue 

He would dress up like a whore just to get lucky once in a while 

I didn't want to lose it on that miracle mile 

But then we played at the Knitting Factory for fifteen people 

Thirty bucks an' someone broke into the goddamn truck 

He had shit in his pants, he had a needle in his arm 

He just stole a couple sleeping bags that he needed to stay warm 

He couldn't even walk, we found him crawling in a garbage pile 

I didn't want to lose it on that miracle mile 

But we met with even greater misfortune in the Armpit of the Americas 

Four dumb hicks from hunger, we got ripped off by these assholes 

At a Fort Lee garage, they didn't weld that motherfucking leaf spring 

Now those sparks were a mirage, we hallucinated freely 

Huddled shivering on the tile 

And I didn't want to lose it on that miracle mile 

But six hundred dollars later we were still drinking bad coffee 

Couldn't sleep stomachs were full of pizza grease 

Well I called her up long-distance there was freezing on the line 

Did she trust me, could she throw me with a strong breeze from behind? 

Oh, no and no again, no fucking shit a crazy smile 

And I didn't want to lose it on that miracle mile 

But the stage was set for tension so I cried and I spit 

I drooled and wept and I hit the gas for Pittsburgh 

I was caught in a bad dream I was out on the nod 

I got stuck in the slipstream until I blacked out 

Until I blacked out thank God