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Maria lives on Miracle Row

She tells fortunes, you know

At a dollar a throw

Every pimp and every gigolo

Has made love in the afternoon

To the lady by the windowsill

Five healthy children

And a home of your own

Back on Miracle Row

They all will follow the show

Soap operas in the afternoon

And the old ladies swear

At the sun like a sauna

On the tenement stair

All the boys play the conga

There’s a chill in the air

And yes, they’re gonna break out of here

Tv in the summer heat

Talk show hard to beat

'Til she hits the street

Ripping pavement underneath her heels

With the poetry of motion in chains

And the lady by the windowpane

Five healthy children

And a home of your own

Back on Miracle Row

They all will follow the show

Love interest in the afternoon

And the old man swoon

And the sun gets hotter

Someone mumbles a tune

And the young men spot her

Running up to the room

And yes, they’ve gotta get out of here soon

Five healthy children

And a home of your own

Back on Miracle Row

They all will count on the show

Soap opera in the afternoon

The old ladies swear

At the boys playing the conga

On the tenement stair

And the sun is like a sauna

There’s a chill in the air

And yes, they’re gonna break out of here

Oh Maria, your eyes are like

A lover’s child

And lips of velvet who held an invitation

Every time you smiled

You sucked me in, I must admit

That I was waiting for a sign

Won’t you, leave me on the corner by the light?

Because I’m stepping out tonight

Oh Maria, I envy any man who knows your name

The ones I knew you, well, I’m not ashamed

To be the one who drags you down, your life is like a movie

Like a star it’s pasted up in subway walls

Won’t you leave me something sacred when you fall?

Unless there’s nothing left at all

Your lips are like a faded Spanish rose

And every movement strikes a pose

On every technical enclose

And other women show their teeth

And schoolboy husbands pack and leave

And empty lovers search the streets

Maria, convince me in the night she know the way

Though every lover brings another scream into the light of day

Won’t you leave me by the lamppost

In the haze of your perfume night fades away?

Won’t you leave me by the lamppost

In the haze of your perfume night fades away?

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