The Wallflowers - 6th Avenue Heartache

Sirens ring, the shots ring out

A stranger cries, screams out loud

I had my world strapped against my back

I held my hands, never knew how to act



And the same black line that was drawn on you

Was drawn on me

And now it's drawn me in

6th Avenue heartache



Below me was a homeless man

Singin' songs I knew complete

On the steps alone, his guitar in hand

His fifty years, he stood where he stands



And the same black line that was drawn on you

Was drawn on me

And now it's drawn me in

6th Avenue heartache

And the same black line that was drawn on you

Was drawn on me

And now it's drawn me in

6th Avenue heartache



Now walkin' home on those streets

The river winds move my feet

The subway steam, like silhouettes in dreams

They stood by me, just like moonbeams



And the same black line that was drawn on you

Was drawn on me

And now it's drawn me in

6th Avenue heartache


And the same black line that was drawn on you

Was drawn on me

And now it's drawn me in

6th Avenue heartache


Looked out the window, down upon that street

And gone like a midnight was that man

But I seen his six strings laid against that wall

And all his things, they all look so small

I got my fingers crossed on a shooting star

Just like me- he just moved on


And the same black line that was drawn on you

Was drawn on me

And now it's drawn me in

6th Avenue heartache


And the same black line that was drawn on you

Was drawn on me

And now it's drawn me in

6th Avenue heartache



And the same black line that was drawn on you

Was drawn on me

And now it's drawn me in

6th Avenue heartache