Rags and Bones

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Catch a taxi to the fountainhead Blinking neon penny arcade A young Caruso on the fire escape Painted faced ladies on parade The newsboy on the corner Singing out headlines And a fiddler selling pencils The sign reads "help the blind" [Chorus] Comin' up the lane callin' Workin' while the rains fallin' Ragman, your song of the street Keeps haunting my memory Music in the air I hear it everywhere Rags, bones and old city songs Hear them, how they talk to me [Verse 2] Trolley car rings out the morning The whistle blows at noon A cat fight breaks open the night While the watch dogs bay at the moon A preacher on an orange crate With a Salvation Army Band And clicking along the cobbled stones That's the sound of the ice-cream man [Chorus] Comin' up the lane callin' Workin' while the rains fallin' Ragman, your song of the street Keeps haunting my memory Music in the air I hear it everywhere Rags, bones and old city songs Hear them, how they talk to me [Verse 3] The organ grinder and his monkey Still walkin' the same old beat The shoe-shine boy slappin' leather He puts the rhythm in your feet Strollin' by the churchyard Listenin' to the Sunday choir With voices rising to the heavens Like sirens screaming to a fire [Chorus] Comin' up the lane callin' Workin' while the rains fallin' Ragman, your song of the street Keeps haunting my memory Music in the air I hear it everywhere Rags, bones and old city songs Play them one more time for me