Montréal (soaked in blue

used to glide along the boulevard st laurent

a soft pill under my head

blown by gusts of rhyme the city sent

I was out to hear what the city said

said: midnight wants you singing true and clean

midnight soaked in blue

her sickle moon spills kerosene

to burn the fear from out of your tune

stay awake

open my eyes

I stay awake

in the pocket of a jacket on which pegasus had wings

i kept a nail waiting for a lover’s palm

4 a.m. alchemy turned gold to empty glass

I went home to the unwritten poem

stayed awake

opened my eyes

I stayed awake

now the cool fronds beckon

say: close your eyes for just a second

if I close them I ain’t stepping

forward

anymore

I left that city proudly shivering in ruins

now belles abandoned in the falling snow

ring reminder of the drum that leads the dark parade

soon it may be time to go

if ever I should fall asleep

I pray my spirit rise

I pray my song become sweet dream

in someone else’s eyes

I’ll sail away

close my eyes and sail away

but now I stay awake

open my eyes and stay awake

open my eyes with dreaming and I stay awake