My feets were flyin' down the street just the other night When a Hong Kong special pulled up at the light What was inside, man, was just c'est magnifique
Well now you say you've found another man who does things to you that I can't And that no matter what I do it's all over now between me and you girl
When I lost you honey sometimes I think I lost my guts too And I wish God would send me a word send me something I'm afraid to lose Lying in the heat
I see you walking, baby, down the street Pushing that baby carriage at your feet I see the lonely ribbon in your hair Tell me I am the man for whom you
Well there she sits buddy just a-gleaming in the sun There to greet a working man when his day is done I'm gonna pack my pa and I'm gonna pack my aunt
Got a wife and kids in Baltimore Jack I went out for a ride and I never went back Like a river that don't know where it's flowing I took a wrong turn
Well Papa go to bed now it's getting late Nothing we can say is gonna change anything now I'll be leaving in the morning from St. Mary's Gate We wouldn
I got a 007 watch and it's a one and only It's got a I-Spy beeper that tells me when you're lonely I got a Batmobile so I can reach ya' in a fast shake
Driving home she grabs something to eat Turns a corner and drives down her street Into a row of houses she just melts away Like the scenery in another
Hey, Eddie, can you lend me a few bucks And tonight can you get us a ride Gotta make it through the tunnel Got a meeting with a man on the other side
Put on your best dress baby And darlin', fix your hair up right Cause there's a party, honey Way down beneath the neon lights All day you've been working
Do you still say your prayers little darlin' Do you go to bed at night Prayin' that tommorow, everything will be alright But tommorow's fall in number
Hey, little dolly with the blue jeans on I wanna ramrod with you honey, till half-past dawn Let your hair down sugar and pick up this beat Come on and
Your mamma's yappin' in the back seat Tell her to push over and move them big feet Every Monday morning I gotta drive her down to the unemployment agency
the letters I wrote When our love was young and we were bold She said last night she read those letters And they made her feel a hundred years old There's a river
baby in your hands Do you remember the story of the promised land How he crossed the desert sands And could not enter the chosen land On the banks of the river
true Or is it something worse that sends me Down to the river though I know the river is dry Down to the river, my baby and I Oh down to the river we
You been hurt and you're all cried out you say You walk down the street pushin' people outta your way You packed your bags and all alone you wanna ride