Rain hits the black asphalt street
Pavement is humming with heat
Cold metal stabs in the air
Static is everywhere
Hidden in alleyway gloom
Waiting for midnight to bloom
Left in the oil and the grit
Where the blue halogen lit
Chrome and leather in the rain
Washing away all the pain
Sinking down deep in the rust
Turning the memory to dust
Fingers of salt and of brine
Crossing a shimmering line
Stitched in a tight velvet fold
Story that never was told
Chrome and leather in the rain
Washing away all the pain
Sinking down deep in the rust
Turning the memory to dust
Heavy the weight of the night
Searching for one single light
Hold on to what we can feel
Turning the plastic to steel
Copper is eating the seam
Tearing apart every dream
Cold as a wintery breeze
Bringing the city to knees
Distant the humming of cars
Under the artificial stars
Leather is peeling away
Into a permanent gray
Chrome and leather in the rain
Washing away all the pain
Sinking down deep in the rust
Turning the memory to dust
Chrome and leather.
Sinking in the rust.
(Ooh, ooh)
