Underneath the swirling light of jasmine tea and smoke
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you traced my face up on the barroom wall
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and you tried to intimidate me as you drank your drinks and joked
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saying it takes more than clean hands to catch angels when they fall
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Well I'll keep that in mind
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Come on darlin' oh my my
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come and hear my 23rd Street lullaby
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got a bottle of wine, a bag of tricks
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there's a place for you under my fingertips
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there's a place for you, oh my my
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up on the rooftops of my 23rd Street lullaby
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Me and you on the avenue, on a summer night
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bass and drums and the traffic hums and I feel all right
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Well come and walk beside me darlin' and I'll take my place
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I'm a little low on courage, but I'm high on faith
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and I feel so fine
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Come on darlin', oh my my
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come and hear my 23rd Street lullaby
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got a bottle of wine, a bag of tricks
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there's a place for you under my fingertips
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there's a place for you, oh my my
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up on the rooftops of my 23rd Street lullaby
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sha la la la la la la la
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sha la la la
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sha la la la la la la la
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sha la la la
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Got a downtown heart, got a love so sweet
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got a tone poem and a funky little beat
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got a music box, it's soft inside
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and in your arms I come alive
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so don't you worry now, say you will
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I'll be waiting here until you take a chance, take a risk
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I'll take what's broken and I'll take what's fixed
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Me and you on the avenue, on a summer night
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bass and drums and the traffic hums, and I feel all right
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Come on darlin', oh my my
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Come and hear my 23rd Street lullaby
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got a bottle of wine, a bag of tricks
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there's a place for you under my fingertips
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there's a place for you, oh my my
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up on the rooftops of my eyes
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want to take a chance, take a risk
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I'll take what's broken and I'll take what's fixed
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I can't hear you
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Let me hear you
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my 23rd Street lullaby
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23rd Street Lullaby
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Patti Scialfa |