Ian Foster - Hochelaga, Montreal lyrics

Here in Hochelaga Montreal The past just follows through your door Winds its way down the spiral staircase To where they still pray for the poor And there are collection plates for those who've never collected In churches older than we know And in the afternoons the children run through the alleys Their faces all aglow Je me souviens Back in the day when You would walk with me Down our one way street Apartments made for old world families Large and at low cost Stationed on my balcony I see them Mixed with lovers and the lost The rain rolls in from the west coast of the island I drink wine and watch it fall And I wonder where you are, ma jolie And if you remember this place at all Chorus Here in Hochelaga, Montreal The past just watches while you float around Stumble down my spiral staircase in the morning Feels like I'll never reach the ground