"Lonely Town" lyrics - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

There's a place where rain keeps falling
The skies are always gray
Silent houses, rain-swept sidewalks
Empty night and day
There you'll find me
My collar turned against the evening wind
I walk the streets to the edge of town
Where a sign reads, my friend

[Chorus:]
Welcome to Lonely Town
Welcome to Lonely Town
If love has let you down
There's always a room to be found
Here in Lonely Town

Lipstick case lay on the sidewalk
Coloring blood red
Perfume drifts by on the night air
And goes straight to my head
You come rushing back to me
The rustle of your skirt in the eaves
Then the darkness of your room
I wake and it's a dream

[Chorus:]
Welcome to Lonely Town
Welcome to Lonely Town
If love has let you down
There's always a room to be found
Here in Lonely Town

[Bridge:]
Bicycle bell comes ringing down the sidewalk
I look and nothing's there
The crack of a bat in the late summer heat
Leaves an echo in the air
I count the cracks on the sidewalk
Stumble on an empty picture frame
There's a whisper drifting through the trees
I swear I hear your name

[Instrumental break]

[Bridge:]
I awake, you're there beside me
And I pull you close
In the morning, the bathroom mirror
All I see is love's ghost
Breakfast, work, and then the office
A cab through the evening mist
I climb the stairs, I walk through the door
A coolness in your kiss

[Chorus:]
Welcome to Lonely Town
Welcome to Lonely Town
If love has let you down
There's always a room to be found
Here in Lonely Town
Here in Lonely Town