My Street

All songs written by M.Beatty / bluewingmusic / BMI

CityScrapes_digital_booklet.pdf

Picking up papers
Picking up Rose
We laugh at the devil
In the wolfman’s clothes
He’s late...got a date

Down on the corner
Ten row  dime
Hole in the boiler
But the coffee tastes
Just fine
Cuban wine
On my street
 
The cards stack up
Until they all fall down
It’s like a game
It’s all a trick
It’s in the eyes
Passing by
On my street

Hell’s Kitchen Hello
Shot in the night
Blew out the window 
And the bathroom light
I know...so it goes

Tongue on the cherry
Blood on the street
Walkin the dog
To a killer beat
We swoon
Big bad moon
On my street

The cards stack up
Until they all fall down
It’s like a game
It’s all a trick
It’s in the eyes
Passing by
On my street

Slapback


A shimmy shake
To lose your blues
You step outside to find
(Ya know) This living is for real
And everyone
Looks at you 
As if you are for sale 
(And ya know) It’s just a state of mind
 
Tonight I’m feeling so alive
I’m gonna get on down
In this dive with you
Chase away/lose the blues

Shake your shimmy
Shake your thing
Work it out until we hear
Sweet Georgia sing
A little bit of rock-n-roll
To take your weary 
Aching soul away
Slapback blues
For lack of day

Thrift Shop Chic
Let it fly
Crazy all the way
(Put on) Your native funk and flash
Run around
Make the scene
Ain’t nothing too surreal
(It’s on) For Mikey and the boys

Tonight I’m feeling so alive
I’m gonna get on down
In this dive with you
Chase away/lose the blues

Shake your shimmy
Shake your thing
Work it out until we hear
Sweet Georgia sing
A little bit of rock-n-roll
To take your weary 
Aching soul away
Slapback blues
For lack of day
Slapback for lack of day

The Bluest Eyes

 

The bluest eyes
The blackest skin
The place where
All good things begin
I never thought
I’d live to see the day

The widest mile
The steepest cliff
The place where
Everything finally fit
I never thought
I’d make it back to say

We are bound together
By a force of the unknown
We are bound together
No turn unstoned
We are bound but we are free
By the light of Lady Liberty

A knowing glance
A backward stare
It’s all for one
But two can share
I never thought
I’d play the game and win

But by the book
And by the light
I wait for you
Each Friday night
Cause I know that
You’ll be coming home again

We are bound together
By a force of the unknown
We are bound together
No turn unstoned
We are bound but we are free
By the light of Lady Liberty

You & Me: Together

 

I took you down
Through the town
Like the great pretender
We made our way
To the bay
Cause we’re happy enders
 
We always find the time
You and me
Yours and mine
Together

We found a spot
On a rock
Untied our laces
Cursed the sun
Just for fun
With our sunburned faces

We always find the time
You and me
Yours and mine
Together

When all we see
Is the sea
We get excited
Dive right in
For a swim
You are invited

We always find the time
You and Me
Yours and mine
Together 

City Scrapes


The city scrapes up the streets after midnight
Graffitti gangsters tag along
To the rail, the eye, the hook, the Nightingale
Money junkies have it all

In the alleyway, ice melts into a river
A solemn sailors port of call
The city fades into dank dusk of idol haze
Another day has come and gone

Oh, the city scrapes
My heart aches
For you

Take me downtown
To hear the folk song kings
Take me downtown 
Tripping Alphabet City
Take me downtown
Through the barrio
Watch the river flow away

Ol Mickey Finn put a spell on me and that’s why I’m here
Where the clubkids squat the night
By the band, underage, hand in hand
This is love on down the dive

In the excess fire of naked neon fantasy
The queen of night ascends
China’s son all broke up and come undone
Got nothing in the morning

Oh, the city scrapes
My heart aches
For you

Take me downtown
To hear the folk song kings
Take me downtown
Tripping Alphabet City
Take me downtown
Through the barrio
Watch the river flow away

Devil in the doorway, whiskey on ice
This old bar is like my home
Got the beat jukin underneath my feet
La Dolce Vita on the edge

Wrote you a letter twenty years ago today
Think I’ll send it out tonight
I’m still the same, walking out in the rain
Won’t go down without a fight

Oh, the city scrapes
My heart aches
For you

Take me downtown
To hear the folk song kings
Take me downtown
Tripping Alphabet City
Take me downtown
Through the barrio
Watch the river flow away

First Time


Losing faith, losing hope
Losing strength, all alone
I met you on a dead end street
Where chance it was that we should meet

Far beyond the falling
Is together, some forever
Way beyond together we will try
All I know is what I'm feeling
When I look into your eyes
Just like the first time

Some we win, some we lose
We pick up pieces, sing the blues
And call upon the light of day
To make it clear and to show the way

Far beyond the falling
Is together, some forever
Way beyond together we try
All I know is what I'm feeling
When I look into your eyes
Just like the first time

Through all of the bad weather
Through all the storms together

Moving out, going long
We stand up brave, proud and strong
And gather up to rise above
With a little luck and a lot of love

Far beyond the falling
Is together, some forever
Way beyond together we will try
All I know is what I'm feeling
When I look into your eyes
Feels like the first time

Rise


Okra in the fryer
Catfish in the pan
Daddy was a liar
He don’t understand
Mama was a saviour
The queen of hope and grin
Took us to the Holy Cross
Where I made myself a friend

Tomorrow I’ll be married 
Tomorrow I’ll be free
Tomorrow you can watch me
Rise...

Crack along the sidewalk
Flower from a seed
Pushed up through the dirt rock
Looked just like a weed
A little purple blossom
Opened to the sun
Had a blaze of glory
After winter come

Tomorrow I’ll be married
Tomorrow I’ll be free
Tomorrow you can watch me
Rise...

Snow is melting on the steeple
Into puddle drops of rain
I was never one for leaving
Till I made myself a name
Brother John spoke some kindness
Sister Charlotte sang the praise
On this sunny Sunday morning
You could hear the angels say...”Rise!”

Message in a bottle
Box of Cracker Jack
Say goodbye, oh lord have mercy
I might not make it back
Double dutch for chocolate
Hope for something new
Underneath the El train
Me and you, me and you, me and you

Tomorrow I’ll be married
Tomorrow I’ll be free
Tomorrow you can watch me
Rise...

Snow is melting on the steeple
Into puddle drops of rain
I was never one for leaving
Till I made myself a name
Brother John spoke some kindness
Sister Charlotte sang the praise
On this sunny Sunday morning
You could hear the angels say...”Rise!”

Go and tell your Mama rise...

When You're Gone


When you’re gone
The nights are long
The bed is cold and empty
As the light pours in
From the moon out through trees

It is there I count the miles
And say a prayer for sailors
Headin home all alone
In their ships out on the sea
Just like you so far away from me

Everywhere you go
In every face you see 
After every show
Don’t forget about me

When the daytime 
Meets the night
And I am not beside you
Wonder how in the world
This ever came to be

That I would feel like a lost child
Feel just like a sailor
Headin home all alone
In my ship out on the blue
So far away from you

Everywhere you go
In every face you see 
After every show
Don’t forget about me

The Night Show


Watching the nightbreeze
Blowing through the trees
Tickle the nose of a millionaire
Let me take you there...
Out by the ocean
Drinking a champagne potion
Dancing all around
To the Motown sound...

I don’t know what you are feeling
So you’ve got to let me know

Do you want to go
To the night show
Or go to the levee
Or go to the party in your mind
Fly through the forest
To the ones that adore us
I will take you there in time

Everyone’s shakin
Everyone’s money makin
You can have your way
Till the break of day
Four on the floor time
Under the midnight starshine
Turn it up to ten
And get on down again

I don’t know what you are feeling
So you’ve got to let me know

Do you want to go
To the night show
Or go to the levee
Or go to the party in your mind
Fly through the forest
To the ones that adore us
I will take you there in time

42nd St. Hymn


Here comes the morning
There goes the night
Move over darkness
Above us only light

The streets are empty
No less forgiving
For all the lost souls
Here to make a living

And on my way
This is what I see
The ladies of the night
Smiling back at me
Hard and sweet
The siren subway call
Of 42nd Street

Magic sparks the morning
On a marquee chasing gold
Star spangle up my eyes
On my way home

You can still hear voices singing
In those pigeon painted halls
Belting out a Broadway tune
Before the wrecking ball

And on my way
You glow in darkness shine
For those who never made it
Lost in time
Hard and sweet
The siren subway call
Of 42nd St.