Somebody’s Shadow

I've seen her in the street light once, all edgy, black and white
A flash of incandescence, shape shifting in the night
I spied her in the clearing, out beyond the switching yard
I seen her in a fever dream, and the emperor's tarot card

On every crooked sidewalk I've ever stumbled down
Where all roads lead to nowhere on the other side of town

She leanin' on a lamp post, or slumped back against the wall
Sneaking down the alley, behind the billiard hall
Down in a cafe window, a figure so forlorn
She's making me the enemy, of every oath I've sworn
Has anybody seen her pray tell me what you hear!
Cause I just can't get over how she shed me like a tear

Somebody's shadow is pullin' out the stops
Somebody's shadow probably ought to call the cops
Somebody's shadow is sneaking up behind
Somebody's shadow made a mad house of my mind
A perfume apparition out there, fading into black
Somebody's shadow like a neon heart attack

She's lipstick on the pill mill, by the ashtray on the bed
Wine glass in the bathroom, a porch light flamin' red
Her eyes are corn silt vapor and her hair is like oil drum fire
The hoot owl and in the belfrey backing on a heart's desire

Is anybody out there now, can hear my voice?
The moondance on the roof top is the phantom lady's choice
Somebody's shadow sneaking up behind
Somebody's shadow made a mad house of my mind
Somebody's shadow is makin' me a wreck
Somebody's shadow like a noose around my neck

This paradise called yesterday is what I miss the most
Somebody's shadow still haunts me like a ghost