Dire Straits - The Way It Always Starts

The Way It Always Starts

It gets so dark before the dawn
Thats when it gets to me
Before the city symphony of taxi horns
Thats the way it always starts,
Sitting here and waiting on the beating of my heart.
Last night I thought I heard my name
Well it was too dark to see, but it had to be,
The voice was just the same
Thats the way it always starts,
Sitting here and waiting on the beating of my heart.
So tell me why should it have to be this way
Why can not it be all right,
Why can not I sleep at night?
Why should it have to be this way?
Why must there be this price to pay?
Now all the streets are dark and bare,
Oh, if you can li have in this town,
And stick around, you can li have anywhere
Thats the way it always starts,
Sitting here and waiting on the beating of my heart.