You Know It's Dark When Atheists Start to Pray

Joey was a man from the other side
Came across the sea for a better life
When he got close they made him change his name
Push along the cart from the marketplace
Keep it in your heart when you're getting spaced
But that was so many years ago

I've lived in many places
I've fallen out of graces
I tried to feed the fire for so long
Hey man, where you going?
Uptown, the river runs
The sun comes up and I'll be on my way
Hey, come in here now
You come in here as the atheists start to pray

Now you're sitting in an office, you've never seen the world
Blame it on the government or a girl
But there is somewhere else you know you'd rather be
Scratching off the numbers in a liquor store
Dreaming of a pop, picking up forty four
Oh, tell me more about your fantasy

I've lived in many places
I've fallen out of graces
I tried to feed the fire for so long
Hey man, where you going?
Uptown, the river runs
The sun comes up and I'll be on my way
You come in here now
As the atheists start to pray
As the atheists start to pray

From Spanish Harlem to Ditmas Park
A lonely game of accord and spark
I wrote a song, I figured it's the only way
Well, I drank with kings and I danced with whores
On the mountaintops and the distant shores
You made me feel like someone I wished to be
I tried to wear my father's clothes
I planted seeds that didn't grow
With a handful of thorns
I thought I was so free

Hey man, what you doing
All along the road to ruin
You know it's dark when atheists start to pray

Hey man, where you going?
Uptown, the river runs
The sun comes up and I'll be on my way
Hey man, what you doing
All along the road to ruin
You know it's dark when atheists start to pray
Hey man, where you going?
Uptown, the river runs
The sun comes up and I'll be on my way

You know it's dark when atheists start to pray
You know it's dark when atheists start to pray