A Street Called Prospect - Martin Newell

She’s drifting by the place where she pawned her rings

Stepping out the way of the skateboard kings

Tomorrow could be sweet

And she’s living on a street called prospect

A girl of many aims

And the big box bums are working relay teams

Like a blacksmith customising noisy boys' dreams

And the old men tap their feet

'Cause they’re living on a street called prospect

And there’s a brown stone church with a cracked bell ringing

Where the boys learn boxing and the girls learn singing

Where the good take the cloth and the fallen join the game

Before they burn out so briefly like an insect in the flame

The Lone Ranger buys a drink for old Saint John

He says, «Been so tired since the cavalry’s gone»

Then his voice begins to crack

'Cause they’re never coming back to Prospect

And nothing’s going on

And then the sunlight splinters in a cloud of dust

'Cause it’s the devil’s flour now, the mill’s gone bust

And you don’t give up your seat

When the bus goes down a street called Prospect

And reason’s never sweet, and ambition isn’t choosy

When politeness is a blade, and assertion is an Uzi

The poor get angry and the rich make hate

And your youth is like a dog rose, only blossoms for a day

They say they’re going mining in the parking lot

It’s down to metal and to minerals but they won’t say what

And then they’re shaky on their feet

When they get back on a street called Prospect

Like burnouts on parade

So love me now and leave me 'cause I’m going away

I only got a ticket for a very short stay

And should we ever meet

Well, maybe best not on a street called Prospect

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