Song of the Sidewalk

This is the tale I have to tell,

a song of belonging, a story of place.

These are the streets that I know so well.

 

This is the tale I have to tell

of falling in love at a walking pace

of falling under a sidewalk’s spell.

 

These are the streets that I know so well

that frame my life in this urban space

that ring to my step like a Sunday bell.

 

This is the tale I have to tell:

here’s where I stood, here I fell,

here’s where I found abiding grace.

 

These are the streets that I know so well

that it means more to live than just to dwell

because of the people who know my face.

 

When a home’s just a house that you have to sell

can the song of the sidewalk leave any trace?

That is the story I’ll have to tell.

These are the streets I must bid farewell.

 

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