Story Behind The Song

"This song was inspired directly by "House of the Rising Sun"...the traditional folk song made popular by the Animals. It tells a similar story, in possibly a more modern setting. What I like about this song is its ambiguity...what exactly happens to this person on the Boulevard and what has it left them with? Boulevard was written in the studio in a matter of hours." - BL

Song Description

A frantic two-chord acoutic guitar plus a tambourine make this song feel like an old country-style folk dirge. This song is about what people have to resort to when they have so little in life.

Lyrics

Mama, mama?don?t wait up tonight
Going down to the boulevard?gonna fix it all up right
Mama, mama?fix it all up right.

Papa, papa?you left us all alone.
Gotta get to the boulevard?gotta find myself a home.
Mama, mama?find myself a home.

Going down to the boulevard, don?t bother me.
Never said it won?t be hard, don?t try and stop me.
Sister, sister?don?t you bother me.

Sell my blood, ma?sell my shoes.
Going down to the boulevard, got nothing left to lose.
Mama, mama?nothing left to lose.

Don?t you write, ma?don?t come calling for me.
I?ll send money when I can, but I can?t earn it for free.
Mama, mama?money don?t come free.

Going down to the boulevard, don?t bother me.
Never said it won?t be hard, don?t try and stop me.
Sister, sister?don?t you bother me.

I?ve paid my price, ma?I?ve paid my toll.
They can take my body, Lord, but they cannot take my soul.
Mama, mama?they cannot take my soul.

Went down to the boulevard, it did to me what it would.
Please take me home now, ma?I tried to do all I could.
Forgive me, ma?I tried to do what I could.

Going down to the boulevard, don?t bother me.
Never said it won?t be hard, don?t try and stop me.
Sister, sister?don?t you bother me.