Romance on 14th St.

Isn't it romantic?
The drug addicts
Who OD'd on love
In cheap motel rooms
With lovers with no last names
Night after night
A chain of romance
A soundtrack to life

Isn't that reality?
A rouge on the cheek
Of a young girl
Smacked by a man
She thought she loved
A couple more pills
They'd be in love
The room will spin
World peace!

Isn't it loud enough?
That band on the stage
When your shirt bounces
Off your chest and your heart skips a beat
No.
This is life.
The lovers are laughing next to the dying.
The girl is gone.
Her boyfriend is shot.
Spin world, spin.