[Intro] [Rain, distant river, sparse icy pluck notes, slow heavy drums enter] [Spoken, deep male voice, clear] Step one hundred Street level Morning [Verse 1] [Slow deep male rap, clear and laid back] Two hundred floors of stairs behind me Nobody left up there to find me Gray light and the rain gone thin First time there's nothing under my skin Seventy two they held me down Nine hours gone and I'm out of town Every name is burned to black One eye on the river, not going back [Hook] [Low doubled chant, calm] Walk, walk Count every block Walk, walk Nobody talks [Verse 2] [Slow deep male rap, clear and laid back] Seventy centimeters every stride Heading south on the river side Counting from the zero I cut out Every number mine without a doubt Nobody watching, nobody knows Rain on the water where the south wind blows Don't need a fix, don't need a light Just the count and the morning in sight [Hook] [Low doubled chant, calm] Walk, walk Count every block Walk, walk Nobody talks [Bridge] [Drums drop out, rain and icy pluck only] [Spoken, deep male voice, tender] Step four hundred Heading south I almost miss you [Verse 3] [Slow deep male rap, drums return softer] Someday they'll ask me what the red was for I'll tell them it walked me to the door Every voice that loves you has a wire Trust the count a little higher Harbor gray and the sun comes through Nobody on my shoulder, nothing to prove Step after step and the number's mine Heading south and it's only time [Final Hook] [Low doubled chant, drums thinning out] Walk, walk Count every block Walk, walk Nobody talks [Outro] [Drums stop, rain only] [Spoken, flat robotic voice, clear] Last fix, street level Stride seventy centimeters Heading due south Transmitting Recording continues [Single chime, then silence]
