We were the human beings
Painted on the coffee cans
Leftover from the last war,
A crimson stain that looked like stars.

How can you ignore me?
When you've got me by the throat?
Doubled over and lashed?

We were the human beings
Drawn on the sidewalk
All chalk and gruesome -
Ladies, throw your pennies down
Throw your pennies down;

Spare change, spare change
You've gone and changed your heart again.

We were the shadows
Playing on the subway walls
Melting into the evenings
Into the flotsam of the city -
When you said you'd never forget
The scent of a good idea,
the taste of a good idea.
Ladies, throw your pennies down
Throw your pennies down;

Spare change, spare change
You've gone and changed your heart again.

Where did you melt to now?
- I do not like the taste (the scent) of your memory,
the taste of your memory -
when the leaves are turning,
and heads are turning
and I know, yes I know you've turned.