Song Description
Walking along 57th Street lamenting lost love
| Song Length |
3:48 |
Genre |
Blues - Rural, Folk - Rural |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Poignant, Heartbreaking |
Subject |
Lost Love, Heartbreak |
| Similar Artists |
Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Here I am in my walking shoes, got a suitcase tied to my hand
Walking toward 57th Street thinkin' I'll never love again
Well I hope that she's happy now, cuz some one else takes my place
Lookin' back at her half-shaded window, was it he that put a smile on her face?
Well a Dark dank feeling goes with with 57th St., ooh,I gotta long way to go--
Walkin' on I see the city's ancient flats, and the boarded up bungalows--
Passin' by- where a lamp post is leanin'- a man drinks his whiskey in the street--
Says here he's got a worn-out friend on the doorstep, moanin' in his sleep
Across the street there are women of the night- they plead for a man with the cash--
Behind the buildings, where there's dice in the alley, a rat runs out of the trash--
Upstairs in a 3rd floor window, a hand shake buys a little coke--
I heard a blast & a thud & a scream, somebody LIED, hit the floor in the smoke--
Began to run, need a goodbye drink, a neon sign lights the way--
I go inside to grab for tomorrow thinkin' I'll find love again someday--
Outside- I know damn well - 57th has its Pain & its Greed--
Inside I had a pain of my own, but I left it out there in the street--
I board the bus, there was pain about her love, as the smokestacks receded every mile--
I sat & stared as I left 57th and the pain turned gently to a smile--