rags and bones

catch a taxi to the fountainhead

blinking neon penny arcade

a young caruso on the fire escape

painted face ladies on parade

the newsboy on the corner

singing out headlines

and a fiddler selling pencils

the sign reads: help the blind

comin' up the lane callin'

workin' while the rain's fallin'

ragman

your song of the street

keeps haunting my memory

music in the air

i hear it ev'rywhere

rags

bones and old city songs

hear them

how they talk to me

trolley car rings out the morning

whistle blows at noon

a cat fight breaks open the night

while watch dogs bay at the moon

a preacher on an orange crate

with a salvation army band

and clicking along the cobbled stones

that's the sound of the ice-cream man

comin' up the lane callin'

workin' while the rain's fallin'

ragman

your song of the street

keeps haunting my memory

music in the air

i hear it ev'rywhere

rags

bones and old city songs

hear them

how they talk to me

the organ grinder and his monkey

still walkin' the same old beat

the shoe-shine boy slappin' leather

he puts the rhythm in your feet

strollin' by the churchyard

list'nin' to the sunday choir

with voices rising to the heavens

like sirens screaming to a fire

comin' up to the lane callin'

workin' while the rain's fallin'

ragman

your song of the street

keeps haunting my memory

music in the air

i hear it ev'rywhere

rags

bones and old city songs

play them one more time for me