Ragtime

Ragtime - Neko Case

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 shapes and erase the date

This could be any evening in any place

The blizzard blows from left to right,

Which is funny cause

the piano s playing Summertime , from 1935

So sounds the alarm of Ragtime

It s Ragtime keeping time

Brave to the waves of its residue,

Its laughter from a marbled room

The white-crowned sounds of possible,

The sound that lures me

It says, Don t you hurry.

Don t you worry, kid, we ll be seeing you.

We ll see you when you re ready.

Ragtime turning out the sun and moon,

Its gravity is soothing

It winds me in a sleek cocoon

I ll reveal myself when I m ready,

I ll reveal myself invincible soon.