Street Serenade - Robbie Robertson

Shots rang out from the joint next door

A woman screams on the upper floor

The footsteps thunder down the fire escape

Sirens coming closer

Might be too late

Opera spills out a neighbors window

Just across the avenue

Mmm-hmm

Hear the heartbeat

Of the urban jungle

It seems to play a rhapsody in blue

The thought of sinking don’t be afraid

That’s the sound of the street serenade

It’s one big circus

Here on parade

It keeps on jammin'

A street serenade

A chorus of horns

In a traffic jam

Jack hammers roar

Like they don’t give a damn

Someone wailing on a bottleneck guitar

Comes blasting out of a gay bar

A lonely trumpet

Down the boulevard

Plays a homage to restless souls

The rhythm of tires

Over pot holes

And in the distance

A church bell tolls

Thousand whistles

And not on our neighbors

Plays it’s part in the

Street serenade

The echoes of prayers

From a holy crusade

Heading up town for the

Street serenade

If you’re new in town

Don’t be afraid

That’s the sound of the street serenade

It’s one big circus

In a long parade

That keeps on jammin'

A street serenade

Some people said

It’s a sea of noise

But they don’t hear

The unheard music

Hidden in the sky

(Hidden in the sky)

It’s a symphony

A symphony

It’s a symphony