Peter Case - Underneath The Stars lyrics

Case It's cold outside, Lord help those Lost tonight with the freezing toes In the dark with the rain drenched clothes She's all the way down The sky has cleared, stars are bright Temperature's gonna fall tonight In the park looking for a light She's in a hospital gown Underneath the stars, city by the sea Headlights of the cars shine but no one sees It's another world, just five feet away Look into her eyes, God bless is all she'll say Some drink wine, some are smokin' crack This lady all alone wants none of that In the park with a cart and sack Afraid she's gonna drown A choice she made not long ago Has led to this, how could you know? The door slammed shut, her children go To whatever life they've found Underneath the stars, what's it going to be? In the house of mars, stranded by degrees Hunger in the night, answered with a prayer See the pa**ing cars, there's nobody there Now the clergy have their doubts Are they helping lazy layabouts? Late at night the drunken louts Terrify the town The cops are young, well, they're just kids They don't know about the skids They just do what the gentry bids From the other end of town Underneath the stars, who will crack the seal? Waitin' here to die, numbers on a wheel Figures in the dark, crouch against the wall Out here in the park there's no one to call Asleep in the park rain or shine A thousand crows on the telephone line Ask her how and she'll say fine She's all the way down Dew drops shot like cannonballs Crash on paper prison walls Her heart stops beating and her breathing stalls She's dyin' all alone Underneath the stars, city by the sea Headlights of the cars shine but no one sees In another world, just five feet away Look into her eyes, God bless is all she'd say So now you ask what can I do? See and know, they're just like you You could wind up in the blue Beneath a pauper's crown Don't be afraid, you'll be surprised If when you look into their eyes You find a soulful feeling rise You're all the way down Underneath the stars, city by the sea Headlights of the cars shine but no one sees In another world, just five feet away Look into her eyes, God bless is all she'd say