Janis Ian - Miracle Row/Maria Lyrics
Marie lives on Miracle RowShe tells fortunes, you knowat a dollar a throwEvery pimp and every gigolohas made love in the afternoonto the lady by the windowsillFive healthy childrenand a home of your ownBack on Miracle Rowthey all follow the showSoap opera in the afternoonAnd the old ladies swear at the sunlike a saunaon the tenement tairall the boys play the congathere's a chill in the airand yesthey're gonna break out of hereTv in the summer heatTalk show hard to beat'till she hits the streetRippiing pavementunderneath her heelswith the poetry of motion in chainsand the lady by the window paneFive healthy children and a home of you ownBack on Miracle Rowthey all follow the showLove interest in the afternoonand the old men swoonand the sun gets hottersomeone mumbles a tuneand the young men spot herrunning up to the roomand yesthey tgotta get out of here soonfive healthy childrenand a home of your ownBack on Miracle Rowthey all count on the showSoap opera in the afternoonthe old ladies swearat the boys pklaying congaon the tenement stairand the sun is like a saunather's a chill in the airand yesthey're gonna break out of hereOh MariaYour eyes are like a demon lover's childand lips of velvet issue invitationevery time you smileyou sucked me in, I must admitthat I was waiting for a signwon't you leave me on the cornerby the light?because I'm steppng out tonightOh MariaI envy any man who knows your namethough once I knwe you wellI'm not ashamed to be the onewho drags you downyour life is like a movielike a story pasted up on subway wallsWon't you leave me something sacredwhen you fall?unless there's nothing left at allYour llips are like a faded Spanish roseande every movement strikes a poseon every technicolor closeAnd other women show their teethand schoolboy husbands beg reliefand empty lovers search the streetMaria,convince me in th night you know the waythough every lover brings anotherscreaming to the light of dayWon't you leave me by the lamp post?In the haze of your parfumenight fades awayWon't you leave me by the lamp post?In the haze of your perfumenight fades away
