Story Behind The Song
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Song Description
Seeing the old buildings in downtown Buffalo, NY, Mark's hometown, got us talking about all the changes.
Song Length |
4:51 |
Genre |
Country - Rock, Country - Rock |
Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
Subject |
History, Past, Change |
Similar Artists |
The Chicks |
Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
MAPLE AVENUE BY NOEL ESKEW AND MARK HARRIS
1.OL' CRAZY DAVE'S BEEN STANDIN ON THAT CORNER
LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER
THEY TORE DOWN MURRAY'S TAVERN LAST SEPTEMBER
LUCKY'S CAFE IS STILL STANDING
BUT THE PAINT'S ALL CRACKED AND DRY
WALKING DOWN HERE MAKES ME REMEMBER, MAKES ME CRY
CHORUS
IT WAS A STREET OF EMOTIONS, A STRIP OF DREAMS
IT WAS SO LONG AGO, BUT IT STILL SEEMS
MY HEART BEATS JUST THE WAY THAT IT DID BACK THEN
WHEN I WOULD WALK ALONE IN THE COLD, COLD NIGHT
LOOKING FOR THE WARMTH, THE LIGHT
OF A FRIENDLY FACE, WHEN I LIVED IN THIS PLACE SO LONG AGO
...MAPLE AVENUE
2.SOMETIMES I COULDN'T EVEN FEEL MY OWN FEET
CAUSE MY MIND WAS LOST IN MY OWN DREAMS
GRANDIOSE, I KNOW, BUT MINE ALL THE SAME
SOMETIMES IT WAS SO COLD THAT EVERY STEP
SLAMMED DOWN SO HARD THAT IT TOOK ALL I HAD
TO JUST KEEP WALKING, TO BEAR THE PAIN
CHORUS--
3.I WAS WORKING AT A NIGHTCLUB, UNDER AGE NO DOUBT
BUT I'D STILL GO TO THE PLACES WHERE THE KIDS HUNG OUT
I WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN CHILDHOOD AND WHAT I WOULD BE
THERE'S THE SPOT WHERE MY BOYFRIEND,JERRY,
STOOD THERE BARE-FACED AND DUMPED ME
MAN THIS STREET IS MADE OF MEMORIES
CHORUS--
BRIDGE
THERE'S A GHOST ON EVERY CORNER
WHY DOES IT HURT SO BAD TO REMEMBER
WHO I WAS
WHAT I SAID I'D DO
AND WHO I BELIEVED I WOULD BE?
CHORUS--