Five Points

Lyrics

[Intro — instrumental only, no vocals]
[a fistful of forks drops and clatters across tile; the beat builds]
[Instrumental build — still no singing, let the groove settle in]
[Instrumental — the forks and the strings carry it alone]

[Verse 1 — vocals enter at last]
Dead center downtown where the whole thing crossed,
the zero-mile heart where the lines all tossed;
drop the forks, hear them clang and ring,
Five Points clattering like a living thing.

[Chorus]
Five Points, Five Points, drop and clang,
the forks hit the floor with a downtown bang;
clatter, clatter, where the four lines meet,
the beating heart of the city street.

[Verse 2]
Terminus born where the rails all end,
the center of it all where the crowds all blend;
every fork a spoke on the downtown wheel,
Five Points ringing with the real-deal feel.

[Chorus]
Five Points, Five Points, drop and clang,
the forks hit the floor with a downtown bang;
clatter, clatter, where the four lines meet,
the beating heart of the city street.

[Outro — vocals stop here]
[Instrumental — the forks rides out alone, no more singing]
[Long instrumental outro — the groove fades slowly all the way down to silence]