All eyes look up to me   High above the filthy streets   Heed no bullhorn when it calls   Watch me fly and die, watch me fall      I'm the boy they can't ignore,   For the first time in my life, I'm sure   All the love sent up high to pledge   Won't reach the ledge      Wind blows cold from the west   I smell coffee, I smell doughnuts for the press (on their breath?)   A girl that I knew once years ago   Is tryin' to be reached on the phone      I'm the boy she can't ignore,   for the first time in my life, I'm sure   All the love sent up high to pledge...      (Repeat)      Priest kneels silent, all is still   Policeman reaches from the sill   Watch him, watch him try his best   There'll be no medal pinned to his chest      I'm the boy they couldn't ignore,   for the first time in my life, I'm sure      (Repeat)      I'm the boy for the last time in my life      All the love that they pledge   For the last time will not reach the ledge