Hello Deadly

On a cold night
In the springtime
In New Orleans, 1919
Well its almost like the cold was living in your bones

But we opened
All the windows
From the parlor
To the bedrooms
And danced and played and sang until the day was reborn

'Cause that can't happen here
Yeah nothing happens here

So hello Deadly
You look lonely as I
A turn of happenstance
And I could walk a crooked mile

So hello Deadly
You brought a city to life
For desperate vanity
Or just a lonely impulse of delight

So my mind set
On a vengeance
And I stocked up
For protection
Now lost Lenore may fear no more when floorboards moan

'Cause the jazz songs
They were lambs' blood
On the doorway to being someone
But we still want to keep a weapon in our homes

'Cause that can't happen here

So hello Deadly
You look lonely as I
A turn of happenstance
And I could walk a crooked mile

But hello Deadly
You brought a city to life
For desperate vanity
It's just a lonely impulse

When I say Hello Deadly
I'm hoping for a sign
An answer on marquees
Sparkling in light

But all that we get
Is a lightning bug's flicker
To light up the cure

Hello Deadly
Tell me where it hurts