Lyrics
SOMEONE’S GOING TO LEAVE US TONIGHT
Music by Jim Best
Words by Jim Best (inspired by the writings of Sarah de Vries)
Verse 1
Is he at the Astoria?
Or out on the street?
Working the neighbourhood
Like a cop on the beat?
Will this be the night tonight?
Could I be the one?
Will I make a mistake tonight?
Forget when to run?
Chorus
Someone’s going to leave us this evening
Someone’s going to leave us tonight
Someone won’t be here in the morning
Someone’s eyes won’t see the daylight
Verse 2
There’s so many missing
Don’t know who’s keeping score
We got Death for a neighbour
He’s living next door
If you’re working on Hastings
Downtown East Side
His car’s pulling up to you
You’re gonna go for a ride
Chorus
Verse 3
And the cops they do nothing
Won’t even open a file
They say that we’re transients
Just leave for a while
But if we were from West Van
Or Kitsilano
The cops’d get moving
They wouldn’t be slow
Chorus
Verse 4
And you’re reading your paper
Or watching tv
“Another one missing.
Well, what’s that to me?”
But she was somebody special
Lost in the night
A broken-down angel
Never knew how to fight
Chorus