Smeared black ink, your palms are sweaty and
I'm barely listening to last demand
I'm staring at the asphalt wondering
What's buried underneath
Where I am, where I am?

I'll wear my badge, a vinyl sticker with big block letters
Adherent to my chest that tells your new friends
I am a visitory here, I am not permanent
And the only thing keeping me dry is where I am

You seem so out of context
In this gaudy apartment complex
Stranger with your door key
Explaining that I am just visiting
And I am finally seeing
Why I was the one worth leaving?
Why I was the one worth leaving?

D.C. sleeps alone tonight

You seem so, so out of context
In this gaudy apartment complex
Stranger with your door key
Explaining that I am just visiting
And I am finally seeing
Why I was the one worth leaving?
Why I was the one worth leaving?

The district sleeps alone tonight
After the bars turn out their lights
And send the autos swerving
Into the loneliest evening and
I am finally seeing
Why I was the one worth leaving?
Why I was the one worth leaving?