Vapors

[astroannie]

Vapors

I'm "dancing on a highwire"
You're looking at the ground
I ask but you "don't answer me"
Pretend I'm not around

You ask for "one good reason".
"You don't believe" in me.
Please "let me go home" again.
I know in time you'll see.

Our "prime time" isn't over--
We need another chance.
Along the "pipeline" of our dreams
I know we'll find romance.

It hurts to stay beside you,
But even more to leave.
And "since the last goodbye" you
Are denying me reprieve.

The vapors meet at Bleach Street
And "Ammonia Avenue"
As chlorine eats away my lungs
My heart still cries for you.

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Ammonia Avenue by the Alan Parsons Project
All tracks written by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson.

1. "Prime Time" (lead vocal Eric Woolfson) – 5:03
2. "Let Me Go Home" (lead vocal Lenny Zakatek) – 3:20
3. "One Good Reason" (lead vocal Eric Woolfson) – 3:36
4. "Since the Last Goodbye" (lead vocal Chris Rainbow) – 4:34
5. "Don't Answer Me" (lead vocal Eric Woolfson) – 4:11
6. "Dancing on a Highwire" (lead vocal Colin Blunstone) – 4:22
7. "You Don't Believe" (lead vocal Lenny Zakatek) – 4:26 (This track actually appeared first on The Best of the Alan Parsons Project released a year earlier)
8. "Pipeline" (instrumental)– 3:56
9. "Ammonia Avenue" (lead vocal Eric Woolfson) – 6:30

[Jamie~poetshare.forumotion.com]

Now this was a hard album to work with, but it really paid off! You've presented a complete story here with good use of rhyme. I love how the sharpness of the ammonia and chlorine contrasts with the softer longing of the poem as a whole. Enjoyed!