A Poem Of Underground Wall

F    C        Dm     C
The last train is nearly due,
    Am   E7        Am
The underground is closing soon,
    F      C      Dm     C
And in the dark deserted station
Am       E7   Am
Restless in anticipation,
  F                C        F  C   G Am
A man waits in the shadows.


    F        C    Dm       C
His restless eyes leap and scratch,
   Am       E7       Am
At all that they can touch or catch,
    F      C        Dm     C
And hidden deep within his pocket,
Am       E7     Am
Safe within his silent socket,
   F               C       F  C   G Am
He holds a colored crayon.


    F        C        Dm    C
Now from the tunnel's stony womb,
    Am       E7       Am
The carriage rides to meet the groom,
    F     C        Dm      C
And opens wide and welcome doors,
       Am  E7     Am
But he hesitates, then withdraws
F             C           Am
Deeper in the shadows.



And the train is gone suddenly
   C
On wheels clicking silently
       F                Em Dm
Like a gently tapping lita-ny,
       Am
And he holds his crayon rosary
F              C        Am
Tighter in his hand.


    F        C      Dm       C
Now from his pocket quick he flashes
    Am     E7     Am
The crayon on the wall he slashes,
F      C      Dm   C
Deep upon the advertising,
  Am     E7     Am
A single worded poem comprised
   F             C
Of four letters.


        F        C         Dm         C
And his heart is laughing, screaming, pounding,
    Am    E7        Am
The poem across the tracks rebounding
F        C      Dm   C
Shadowed by the exit light
    Am        E7     Am
His legs take their ascending flight
   F        C         Am       E7     Am
To seek the breast of darkness and be suckled by the night.