You hold the corner where the yellow paper bends
Ink bleeds blue into the cracks where water ends
A bus hiss pulls you back from yesterday's address
Shutter clicks once more to catch the fading mess
Postcard alley keeps your secrets wet
Neon bleeds through where the corners met
You frame the ghost before the dawn can reset
Postcard alley you ain't forgotten yet
Polaroid shakes out a face you used to know
Rain writes lines across the smile from long ago
Flash bulb dies slow in the sodium glow
Pocket the picture where the cold winds blow
Postcard alley keeps your secrets wet
Neon bleeds through where the corners met
You frame the ghost before the dawn can reset
Postcard alley you ain't forgotten yet
Taxi tires hiss a rhythm on the stone
Match the tempo of the pulse you've always known
Developing tank waits in a rented room
Chemicals rise like perfume in the gloom
Postcard alley keeps your secrets wet
Neon bleeds through where the corners met
You frame the ghost before the dawn can reset
Postcard alley you ain't forgotten yet
Morning finds the alley swept of glossy scraps
Only silver halide trapped in plastic traps
You load the camera for the next avenue
Postcard alley fades in the rearview
Postcard alley keeps your secrets wet
Neon bleeds through where the corners met
You frame the ghost before the dawn can reset
Postcard alley you ain't forgotten yet
Shutter clicks soft in the morning dew
Postcard alley lives inside of you
