Janis Ian - Miracle Row/Maria lyrics

Marie lives on Miracle Row She tells fortunes, you know at a dollar a throw Every pimp and every gigolo has made love in the afternoon to the lady by the windowsill Five healthy children and a home of your own Back on Miracle Row they all follow the show Soap opera in the afternoon And the old ladies swear at the sun like a sauna on the tenement tair all the boys play the conga there's a chill in the air and yes they're gonna break out of here Tv in the summer heat Talk show hard to beat 'till she hits the street Rippiing pavementunderneath her heels with the poetry of motion in chains and the lady by the window pane Five healthy children and a home of you own Back on Miracle Row they all follow the show Love interest in the afternoon and the old men swoon and the sun gets hotter someone mumbles a tune and the young men spot her running up to the room and yes they tgotta get out of here soon five healthy children and a home of your own Back on Miracle Row they all count on the show Soap opera in the afternoon the old ladies swear at the boys pklaying conga on the tenement stair and the sun is like a sauna ther's a chill in the air and yes they're gonna break out of here Oh Maria Your eyes are like a demon lover's child and lips of velvet issue invitation every time you smile you s**ed me in, I must admit that I was waiting for a sign won't you leave me on the corner by the light? because I'm steppng out tonight Oh Maria I envy any man who knows your name though once I knwe you well I'm not ashamed to be the one who drags you down your life is like a movie like a story pasted up on subway walls Won't you leave me something sacred when you fall? unless there's nothing left at all Your llips are like a faded Spanish rose ande every movement strikes a pose on every technicolor close And other women show their teeth and schoolboy husbands beg relief and empty lovers search the street Maria, convince me in th night you know the way though every lover brings another screaming to the light of day Won't you leave me by the lamp post? In the haze of your parfume night fades away Won't you leave me by the lamp post? In the haze of your perfume night fades away