You got lost in the crowd
The waves of people in chinatown
Can't get behind this mystery
Do you believe everything you see
Just a shadow in the streetlight
Just a shadow on the wall
A silhouette, face in the darkness
I've been waiting for the call
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We'll go marching in the night parade
We'll be marching in the night parade
I combed the streets like cloak and dagger
I put the word out on the waterfront
We were living hard, living fast
Outrunning ghosts from the past
Just a shadow in the moonlight
Just a shadow on the wall
A silhouette, the kiss of d**h
Did somebody take the fall
Chorus
Mary, mary, mary i'm knocking on your door
Mary, mary sanctuary can't see you no more
From out of the past a stranger came
And carried you away
I stood on the corner, the scene of the crime
And i could here her say
Chorus
We're living in a street opera
Are we just living in a street opera
Chorus
Walking the night beat
The rhythm of the street
Moving to the heartbeat of the city
Chorus