Spirit Night - Crossing Atlantic Avenue lyrics

Crossing Atlantic Avenue Retracing my steps back home from you Halfway to the other side The flashing hand solidifies And I watch the trucks roll through Crossing Atlantic Avenue (I never want to go home I never want to go home) Could not be the hardest thing I'll do (But I will do it alone I will do it alone) And when I'm back in bed in Bed-Stuy I will relive the short goodbye Trying to read your palm Pretending the life line's long And I didn't live mine wrong And that I really tried I thought it could be something more Than a mistake we made twice in our lives But now I can see I was feeding my heartache Grabbing and twisting the knife I needed something warm and you're gone I needed something I'm not cold, I'll leave the heater on 'Til the morning Crossing Atlantic Avenue (I never want to go home I never want to go home) Could not be the hardest thing I'll do (But I will do it alone I will do it alone) And in a year I'll have forgotten I ever even let you in Trying to read your palm Pretending the life line's long And I didn't live mine wrong And I don't see the end I thought it could be something more Than a mistake we made twice in our lives But now I can see I was feeding my heartache Grabbing and twisting the knife I needed something warm and you're gone I needed something I'm not cold, I'll leave the heater on 'Til the morning