Cinematic - Jack

I can see Cocteau

Dining with Picasso

I can see Warhol

Photographing Nico

Yeah yeah yeah

I was never there

I only read the book

I only saw the film

I only dreamed the dream

Until you and me…

I can hear Bukowski

Read aloud to John Fante

And there goes Allen

In love with Manhattan

Oh Oh Oh

I was never there

I only read the book

I only saw the film

I only dreamed the dream

Until you and me…

You and me

We’re some kind of stars

In some kind of film

In some kind of love

And the stage is made of

These streets we run down

And the beds we love on

Remember this when times get tough

And times are tough

So you reckon Pasolini

Was in love with Fellini

Yeah, well tell it to the landlord

As he’s kicking down our door

And it’s so chic to be poor

And we should speak french more

Oh yeah, I’ll be quoting poetry

When they finally sentence me

No, no, no

We were never there

We only watched the play

We only saw the film

We only dreamed the dream

Until you and me…

You and me

We’re some kind of stars

In some kind of film

In some kind of love

And the stage is made of

These streets we run down

And the beds we love on

Remember this when times get tough

And times are tough

Let me put my arm around your shoulder

You’ve been down

Tonight we’re looking older

We’ll buy cheap booze

And run through these backstreets

You’ll be Cleopatra and I’m Mark Antony