Chinatown Songtext / Lyric

Every town has a secret heart that beats

And every citizen an underground

I set my clock to a bootleg meter and

broken hands spinning round and round



I'm on my way just like every day

to get milk and kerosene

But my reflection in the butcher's window

isn't me

I freeze



This is Chinatown

A state of mind

This is Chinatown

It's just a state of mind






The sky was blue but I wouldn't know

I was counting cracks in the concrete

I'd memorized them from A to B

A choreography, a part of me



It's not the future, it's not the past

It's not now

The price will double if you try to look

them in the eye

Don't ask why

'cause this is Chinatown

a state of mind

This is Chinatown

a state of mind



In Chinatown...



Read my fortune in my MetroCard

You'll see nothing if you search too hard

Read my fortune in my MetroCard

You'll see nothing if you search too hard