A Moment of Peace

I was six years her elder She had yet to give herself away Just moved from Jersey to Hell ' s Kitchen Thirty-ninth just west of Broadway Selling my soul in customer service Dressing the wealthy And fighting the urge To tell them all just how i feel Don ' t know what to say To keep this hunger away To shed the skin built up from sin In a moment of peace and beauty Black skirt, red ribbon for detail Fit and fill the lace so generously Contrast of her pale flesh and darkness Crucifix floated on her chest Wanted me to notice her Under the spell of a Springsteen record Darkness in the spirit of ' 77 Needle cracks that vinyl tone Don ' t know what to say To keep this hunger away To shed the skin built up from sin In a moment of peace and beauty In a moment of peace and beauty She lived by the bible Drank until all hell broke loose And the pale blue (warmthru?) made a fine silhouette Gave away her composition Don ' t know what to say To keep this hunger away To shed the skin build up from sin In a moment of peace and beauty Oh in a moment of peace and beauty