I Walk Alone

Verse 1

Concrete

Iron bars and heavy boots

The morning sun burns through the thin grey dust

Red dirt

Settles in my worn out shoes

I walk alone

Chorus

Pick it up

Pick it up

Pick it up

Rudy got a reason

Rudy got a reason

Rudy got a reason tonight

Rudy got a reason tonight

Verse 2

No work

Empty pockets and a sharp switchblade

I find my luck down at the gambling den

Hot gold

Heavy brass and a wooden stage

Trombone blares

Louder than the street

Louder than the heat

Moving fast

Chorus

Pick it up

Pick it up

Pick it up

Rudy got a reason

Rudy got a reason

Rudy got a reason tonight

Rudy got a reason tonight

Bridge

Skank away the sorrow

Skank away the pressure

Skank away the time

Don't think about tomorrow

Don't think about the nickel

Don't think about the dime

Instrumental

Verse 3

Sirens

Wailing by the harbor front

Dark water hides the secrets of the bay

Watch out

Keep your head down low

Keep your eyes sharp

Keep your heart cold

Midnight run

Chorus

Pick it up

Pick it up

Pick it up

Rudy got a reason

Rudy got a reason

Rudy got a reason tonight

Rudy got a reason tonight

Outro

Walking down the lane

Walking through the rain

Walking in my pain

Pick it up

Pick it up

Pick it up

Rudy got a reason

Tonight

Tonight

Tonight