#hope

"You're a light in the dark, a beacon of hopeand strong as a sea boat, strong as a rope.And the vagabond wind, whispers over the bayand the songs and the laughter, are carried away in the sky."

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“Juliet says, "Hey, it's Romeo. You nearly give me a heart attack."He's underneath the window; she's singing, "Hey, la, my boyfriend's back.You shouldn't come around here singing up at people like that. Anyway what you gonna do about it?”

“Are you home from the sea, my soul balladeerYou've been away roaming far away from here weathered a storm, your heart unafraidcrossed every ocean in the boat that you made.”

“Two men say they’re Jesus, one of them must be wrong.”

“I worked the rowdies and daytrippersNow and then I think of youAny which way we're all shufflin'Forward in the queueThey'd like to move my operationThey'd like to get me off the pierAnd I dream I'm on a steamerPullin' out of here”

“Stepping out to Angellucci's for my coffee beansChecking out the movies and the magazinesWaitress she watches me crossing from the Barocco BarI'm getting a pickup for my steel guitarI saw you walking out Shaftesbury AvenueExcuse me for talking I wanna marry youThis is the seventh heaven street to meDon't be so proudYou're just another angel in the crowdAnd I'm walking in the wild west endWalking with your wild best friendAnd my conductress on the number nineteenShe was a honeyPink toenails and hands all dirty with moneyGreasy hair easy smileMade me feel nineteen for a while”

“I wonder if there's no foreverNo walking hand in handDown a yellow brick roadTo never never landThese days I get to where I'm goingMake it there eventuallyFollow the trail of breadcrumbsTo where I'm meant to be..”