Ah, Me

In the dark, the lantern's hung The mothers lay their babies down Lovers with their bleeding hearts Who talk like silk and touch like darts I brazen secret parent days A carousel of fire and ice And you and I have been through that And can't imagine more of it The cloud is gone and took the silver lining alone Ah, me, I can see Ah, me, I can see Ah, me, I can see The tenements still take the heat Of suicidal uptown streets And all the heads of all the packs Are dark and handsome heart attacks In battle for a reasoning A boat to rock, a bell to ring And you and I are doctors now We mend the break of day somehow We send the silver lining to the clouds You and I are carpenters We build the bridge that we deserve We hammer out the meaning from the words You and I are shoulder-deep where cattle call Is incomplete