The first to notice was the old man down at La Rosita Serving up arroz con pollo on a paper plate He said 'I barely recognize you, what have you done.' You don't look different but you look great There was a dark cloud that was hanging over me And then that dark cloud moved inside my head Like a zombie I would stumble down the avenue Moving like the living dead Suddenly everything has changed Suddenly everything is coming my way I watch the boats roll down the Hudson Binoculars and a shot of Cutty Sark We live the way we want to dram we live Playing tricks long after dark