Prayer for Spanish Harlem - Jackie Greene

Hot night, spanish harlem

Full moon, sinking low

I was standing at the bottom

Of your blue window

I come for miles just to hold you

It’s been so long, baby, how’ve you been?

Do you remember what I told you

It’s still the same it was back then

It’s still the same it was back then

And I hope it all comes easy

I hope it all feels right

A dozen different candles

Light your bed tonight

And I hope it’s never over

I hope it never ends

But when I go I hope that you

Will want me back again

'Cause this world, it’s all around us

It’s for real, it’s not a game

And though hate and greed surrounds us

There’s love in my veins

So hush now, do no more talking

My heart is heavy, it’s a ragged stone

All I want is you with me walking

Because I can’t walk alone

No I can’t walk alone

And I hope that when we go

They take us someplace good

We can all be kids in common neighborhoods

And I hope we live together

The daughter and the son

And I hope they’ll take me in

When my work upon this earth is done

Well I wish you loved in my arms

I wish that you would see

How time says love expires

Not me, not me

Not me, not me

Not me