Escape From New York (Acoustic Version)

Escape From New York (Acoustic Version) - Fred Lonberg-Holm/Megan Reilly/Nora O'Connor/Chris Mills

Stars are falling from the sky

And virgins all from the parapet

With arms outstretched they have leapt

They are tired of waiting

For a groom they know will never come

Now that the King of Kings

Has gone out of his head

He's whispering to fools in their beds

And giving them the power

And it's late but it's not too late

We can still make our escape

I've tunneled beneath the subway line

So take a last look from

The corner of your eye

At the city lights all fading

Now that the sky has

Come crashing to the ground

And we've played back all

The black boxes we found

On the corner kids are moving to the sound

Of history repeating

So say goodbye to all

That you love best

And hope we find it all again

Somewhere out west

For in these skyscrapers united we will stand

Only in our isolation

And I'm high

But I'm not that high

If we had a car

I think I could still drive

From here to the Berlin Wall

Or the bottom of the ocean

And it's late but it's not too late

We can still make our escape

And though it's sad it's not that sad

For soon the memories

Of the hard times that we've had

Will be like city lights all fading