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Twilight And Lowlife

by Marc And The Mambas

on 'Untitled' (1982)

Twilights and lowlifes
Looking for the highlife
Twilights and lowlifes
Looking for the highlife
See them in and out of shadows
Sinking into the night life
Watch them hide
Slip and slide
Faceless figures
Trying to keep their pride

Twilights and lowlifes

Twilight in the daylight
Twilight in the daylight
When the sun goes in
Then they all crawl out
Sink into a doorway and lurk about
Begging for a chance
To pick up trade
Number one in the down and out parade
Twilights and lowlifes
Looking for the highlife

Twilights and lowlifes

When you see behind the bright bright lights
What's going on in the dusk of the night --
A thousand pretty things that'll make you sick
Human ashtrays trying to turn a trick
A man in a doorway has a hard hard heart
A lost little boy and a drunken tart

Twilights and lowlifes

A hand in a hand
Is a minute of time
A whisper in the ear
Is a photograph
A promise in a doorway
Is a part in a film
A hand in the pocket
Is a packet of pills
Huge light
Black light
Time to kill

Twilights and lowlifes
Hiding from the daylight
Trying to find
The dream inside
Trying to find
The peace of mind
Trying to find a car
And a holiday
Trying to find a lover
Trying to find a mother
Who, it doesn't matter
One or the other

Twilights and lowlifes

Surrounded by the stink of cigarettes
In a poolroom toilet
That'll make you retch
Look in the mirror
In the yellow light
From the broken window
Comes the bite of the night
Fold out the piece of paper
That holds your fun
Down amongst the hanky and the chewing gum
Kick the closet door open
Afraid of what you see --
Kneel down and shut your eyes in the sanctuary
The more you see
In the hazy light
You're out of danger and out of sight
Think of the weird and a place to hide
Try to unlock the dream inside

Twilights and lowlifes
Looking for the highlife
Twilights and lowlifes
Look, look, looking for the highlife
See them in and out of shadows
Sinking into the nightlife
Watch them hide
Slip and slide
Faceless figures trying to keep their pride

Twilights and lowlifes
Looking for the highlife
(Look, look, looking for the low light)
(Hiding from the sunlight)

Think of the weird and a place to hide
Try to unlock the dream inside