Rudy

Rudy lives next door to me

In a box lit by

Fluorescent lights

He wears brown corduroys

And glasses

With dirty yellow lenses

And sometimes I catch him

Watching me

Through my windows at night



He drives a rusty Oldsmobile

And parks it by the dumpster

I've looked inside and seen

The greasy velvet seats

I don't know where he goes

Or who he knows

Who would get in that car

And drive with him

Along these dark and lonely city streets



Now the only things I know about Rudy

Is what I learn from watching him

Like once when he was pushing

A girl on a swing at the park

In the day it's ok because other people

Might be watching Rudy too

But it scares me to think

Of seeing him in the dark

It scares me to think

Of seeing him in the dark



Now he wouldn't say a word

He'd just take my hand

And lead me to that car

And we'd drive

Into the heart

Of the city as she sleeps

And in the darkness

Between streetlights

He can look up and see

A few stars



With a wish

He could tell me

All his secrets

With a wish

He could tell me

All his secrets

Just a wish

And he tells me

All his secrets