Blue Windows

[Verse 1] Seven windows on the opposite block Turn blue at a quarter to ten A woman lifts a silver dish Then the weather comes on again I can see a hand change channels I can see a curtain fall There’s a man who sleeps through everything With his shoes against the wall [Chorus] Blue windows All down the street Everybody’s somewhere I could almost reach Blue windows Flicker and shine I know when you’re awake You know nothing of mine [Verse 2] The trumpet player on the second floor Hasn’t played since the heat came in His washing hangs like surrender flags With a towel held up by a pin Tonight he opens up the window And shakes the crumbs from a plate I lift my hand from the table But he’s already turned away [Chorus] Blue windows All down the street Everybody’s somewhere I could almost reach Blue windows Flicker and shine I know when you’re awake You know nothing of mine [Bridge] Then the whole block loses power And the picture leaves the glass Somebody shouts, “You got candles?” Somebody down there laughs For a minute in the darkness I can hear the trumpet man Calling to his little daughter “Stay there. I’ve got your hand.” [Final Chorus] Blue windows Coming back on One by one the little rooms Are pulling up the dawn Blue windows Flicker and shine I leave my window open For a little extra time [Outro] Across the street A match goes out I hear somebody Moving about