Last night, late, I was watching it snow
It always goes sideways in the city
It comes right out from the streetlights, you know
Pumped out by an engine deep inside the Earth's core
It goes sideways in the city

Cover the shades, and erase the day
This could be any evening in any place
The blizzard blows from left to right
Which is funny 'cause the piano's playin' "Summertime"
From 1935, it's the sounds, the alarm of ragtime
It's ragtime, keeping time

Brave to the waves of its residue
It's laughter from a marbled room
White crowned sounds of possible
Sound that lures me
It says, "Don't you hurry
Don't you worry, kid, we'll be seeing you
See you when you're ready"

Ragtime turnin' out the sun and moon
Its gravity is soothing
It winds me in a sleep cocoon
I'll feel myself when I'm all ready
I'll reveal myself invincible soon

I am one and the same, I am useful and strained[?]
I am one and the same, I am useful and strained[?]
I am one and the same, I am useful and strained[?]
I am one and the same, I am useful and strained[?]

There's a reason no clouds pour anymore
It's madness
There's a reason no clouds pour anymore
It's madness
There's a reason no clouds pour anymore
It's madness

Every window that pours [?]
I am one and the same, I am useful and drained
I am one and the same