By the barracks of bare backs,
Each tune that is owned,
We sway and swing
To the way
Our bones dream on
To swing and to sway,
And to twist, and to turn
A lanky silhouette and a wide-grinned black cat
Stand at the corner of a lamppost far off.
He tips his hat and taps his foot
To the way
His bones dream on
Taps and tips,
And nods, and hips
Dream on.