[00:25.900]It's four in the morning the end of december[00:31.480]I'm writing you now just to see if you're better[00:37.930]New york is cold but I like where I'm living[00:43.840]There's music on clinton street all through the evening[00:51.640]I hear that you're building your house deep in the desert[01:03.490]Are you living for nothing now I hope you're keeping some kind of record[01:13.090]Yes and jane came by with a lock of your hair[01:22.740]She said that you gave it to her[01:28.690]That night when you planned to go clear[01:39.490]Did you ever go clear[01:44.290]Ah the last time we saw you you looked so much older[01:50.940]Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder[01:57.350]You'd been to the station to meet every train[02:02.850]But she never turned up I mean lili marlene[02:08.900]So you treated some woman to a flake of your life[02:23.350]And when she got home she was nobody's wife[02:33.600]Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth[02:43.810]One more thin gypsy thief[02:49.960]Well I see jane's awake --[03:00.360]She sends her regards[03:31.560]And what can I tell you oh what can I tell you[03:40.310]What can I possibly say[03:44.020]I guess that I miss you I guess I forgive you[03:50.070]I'm glad that you stood in my way[03:58.270]And if you ever come by here be it for jane or for me[04:07.970]I want you to know your enemy is sleeping I want you to know your woman is free[04:20.780]Yes and thanks for the trouble you took from her eyes[04:31.930]I thought it was there for good so I never really tried[04:46.280]And jane came by with a lock of your hair[04:54.780]She said that you gave it to her[05:00.890]That night when you planned to go clear[05:12.890]Sincerely, a friend