song for sharon

i went to staten island. to buy myself a mandolin

and i saw the long white dress of love

on a storefront mannequin

big boat chuggin' back with a belly full of cars. all for something lacy

some girl's going to see that dress

and crave that day like crazy

little indian kids on a bridge up in canada

they can balance and they can climb

like their fathers before them

they'll walk the girders of the manhattan skyline

shine your light on me miss liberty

because as soon as this ferry boat docks

i'm headed to the church

to play bingo

fleece me with the gamblers' flocks

i can keep my cool at poker

but i'm a fool when love's at stake

because i can't conceal emotion

what i'm feeling's always written on my face

there's a gypsy down on bleecker street

i went in to see her as a kind of joke

and she lit a candle for my love luck

and eighteen bucks went up in smoke

sharon

i left my man

at a north dakota junction

and i came out to the big apple" here