Lou Marsh [Demo-Version]

Lyrics

[Intro] Was killed about two months ago When he tried to break up a gang fight in Spanish Harlem Of New York It's the first time this has happened in some fifteen years of the youth board working there [Verse 1] On the streets of New York City when the hour was gettin' late There were young men armed with knives and guns, young men armed with hate And Lou Marsh stepped between them and died there in his tracks For one man is no army when a city turns its back [Chorus] And now the streets are empty, now the streets are dark So keep an eye on shadows and never pass the park For the city is a jungle when the law is out of sight And death lurks in El Barrio with the orphans of the night [Verse 2] There were two gangs approaching in Spanish Harlem town The smell of blood was in the air, the challenge was laid down He felt their blinding hatred and he tried to save their lives But they broke his peaceful body with their fists and feet and knives [Chorus] And now the streets are empty, now the streets are dark So keep an eye on shadows and never pass the park For the city is a jungle when the law is out of sight And death lurks in El Barrio with the orphans of the night [Verse 3] Now Lou Marsh lies forgotten in his cold and silent grave But his memory still lingers on in those he tried to save And all of those who knew him now and then recall And shed a tear on poverty, the tombstone of us all [Chorus] For now the streets are empty, now the streets are dark So keep an eye on shadows and never pass the park For the city is a jungle when the law is out of sight And death lurks in El Barrio with the orphans of the night