[Verse 1] Raindrops shine like diamonds on my window Moonlight spills like silver cross the floor Ships pass in the night and where do they go? Oh, I dont even wonder anymore [Chorus] Maybe theyll sail all the way to China Carry all my blues away But I cant watch cause all Ill find there Are the lights of San Francisco cross the bay [Verse 2] Days crawl by like death here in this prison Late at night, the clock dont move at all On this island, aint nobody livin Were only markin time behind these walls [Chorus] There, across the water, lamps are burnin Dreams and born and pass away In the darkness, I am yearnin For the lights of San Francisco cross the bay [Verse 3] The sun is gonna rise again tomorrow The boats will cross again from shore to shore Silence shattered by the tales of horror And the footsteps of the curious once more [Chorus] And a guide will tell em this place was a prison That closed down long ago, but he wont say That the ghosts of Alcatraz envy the livin And the lights of San Francisco cross the bay
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