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Jim Carroll Band - City Drops into the Night (1980)
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...
It's when Billy's whores are workin'
They're workin' with the skeleton crew
It's when the sky over Jersey
That sky starts to drain from view
It's when my woman pawns her voice so
So she can make her old excuses sound new

But I just want one clue

'Cause when the city drops into the night
Before the darkness there's one moment of light
When everything seems clear
The other side, it seems so near
What seemed wrong?

I think it's gonna be just about right
Before the city drops, the city drops
Into the night

It's when the door to the River
That door is like 26 miles
It's when ambitious little girls start
They start to dream about a change in style
It's when the slick boys got their fingers
They got their fingers in the telephone dial

But I think I'll just wait a while
'Cause when the city drops into the night
Before the darkness there's one moment of light
When everything seems clear
The other side, it seems so near
What seemed wrong?

I think it's gonna be just about right
Before the city drops, the city drops
Into the night

It's when the sneak thieves are checkin'
They're checkin the alleys for unlocked doors
And Billy's sister's gettin' frantic 'cause
'Cause Billy's sister's little brother can't score
It's when the woman from the dream is
Oh my God! That's the woman on the floor

Each promise was just one promise more

'Cause when the city drops into the night
Before the darkness there's one moment of light
When everything seems clear
The other side, it seems so near
What seemed wrong?

I think it's gonna be just about right
Before the city drops, the city drops
Into the night
It's when Teddy's ghost is on the roof
Beatin' his drum
And Teddy's best friend is two blocks East
And he's makin' Teddy's ex-girlfriend come
You know, they mistook Teddy's blind trust
Just to prove that Teddy was dumb
But listen, you know, I think they are both just scum

'Cause when the city drops into the night
Before the darkness there's one moment of light
When everything seems clear
The other side, it seems so near
What seemed wrong?

I think it's gonna be just about right
Before the city drops, the city drops
Into the night

It's when the body at the bottom
That body is my own reflection
But it ain't hip to sink that low
Unless you're gonna make a resurrection
They're always gonna come to your door
They're gonna say, "It's just a routine inspection"
But what you get when you open your door
What you get is just another injection
And there's always gonna be one more
With just a little bit less until the next one

They wait in shadows and steal the light from your eyes
To them vision's just some costly infection
But listen, you should come with me
I'm the fire, I'm the fire's reflection
I'm just a constant warning to take the other direction

Mister, I am your connection

'Cause when the city drops into the night
Before the darkness there's one moment of light
When everything seems clear
The other side, it seems so near
What seemed wrong?

I think it's gonna be just about right
Before the city drops, the city drops
Into the night
...

@#2 ... Fat ------ can't even find Venezuela on a map. ...

But he did broker a peace agreement in the Armenian-Cambodian conflict.

Trump claims he ended a war -- between countries that are 4,000 miles apart (September 2025)
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... If you haven't heard of the Armenian-Cambodian conflict, that's okay, because neither has anyone else -- other than President Donald Trump, who claims to have ended the supposedly brewing clash.

During the American Cornerstone Institute's Founders' Dinner at the Mount Vernon estate in Virginia Saturday, Trump again rattled off his peacemaking resume, the latest push in his desire to win a Nobel Peace Prize.

One of the wars he mentioned ending was a conflict between "Cambodia and Armenia."

The president did not elaborate on what allegedly set leaders in capitals Phnom Penh and Yerevan -- which are 4,150 miles apart -- against each other, but he assured the crowd that war "was just starting, and it was a bad one."

There has been no conflict between Armenia and Cambodia. ...




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