The Way It Always Starts

								It gets so dark before the dawn
 That's when it gets to me
 Before the city symphony of taxi horns
 
 That's the way it always starts
 Sitting here and waiting on the beating of my heart
 
 Last night I thought I heard my name
 Well it was too dark to see, but it had to be
 The voice was just the same
 
 That's the way it always starts
 Sitting here and waiting on the beating of my heart
 
 So tell me why should it have to be this way
 Why can't it be all right
 Why can't I sleep at night?
 Why should it have to be this way?
 Why must there be this price to pay?
 
 Now all the streets are dark and bare
 Oh, if you can live in this town
 And stick around, you can live anywhere
 
 That's the way it always starts
 Sitting here and waiting on the beating of my heart