Smeared black ink
Your palms are sweaty
And I'm barely listening to last demands
I'm staring at the asphalt wondering
What's buried underneath

I'll wear my badge
A vinyl sticker with big block letters
Adhered to my chest
It tells your new friends
'I am a visitor here, I am not permanent'

And the only thing, keepin' me dry is
Where I am?
Where I am?
Where I am?

You seem so out of context
In this gaudy apartment complex
A stranger with your door key
Explaining that I'm just visiting

And I am finally seeing
Why I was the one worth leaving?
Why I was the one worth leaving?
(I was the one worth leaving)
(I was the one worth leaving)

D.C. sleeps alone tonight
D.C. sleeps alone tonight
D.C. sleeps alone tonight
D.C. sleeps alone tonight

(Where I am?)
You seem so out of context
In this gaudy apartment complex
(Where I am?)
A stranger with your door key

Explaining that I'm just visiting
(Where I am?)
And I am finally seeing
Why I was the one worth leaving
Why I was the one worth leaving

(Where I am?)
The District sleeps alone tonight
After the bars turn out their lights
(Where I am?)
And send the autos swerving

Into the loneliest evening
(Where I am?)
And I am finally seeing
Why I was the one worth leaving
Why I was the one worth leaving

Why I was the one worth leaving
The one worth leaving
The one worth leaving
(Where I am, where I am?)
(Where I am, where I am?)