Telegraph Road 1977 & 2024

Lady with her dogs

Living in a doorway

On Telegraph Road

What have you seen?

What happened to you?

What lead you this way?

You find yourself in Berkeley

The Golden Gate Bridge

Extends before your feet

Well it's a complicated place, these hills

Those millions who walk on through

But, nowhere for you

And I guess that San Francisco's a lonely city

And you lost your life somewhere

Maybe on Broadway, maybe some other street?

And I guess that San Francisco's a lonely city

And you lost your life somewhere

Maybe on Broadway, maybe some other street?

And maybe it's not this city

That brought you to this day

Could have been Chicago, perhaps LA

What sights?

What loves?

What pain?

I wonder, lady, what's your history?

Could have been some roses along the way

Or strange mysteries that led you to this doorway

Oh, with only your dogs for company

And I guess that San Francisco's a lonely city

And you lost your life somewhere

Maybe on Broadway, maybe some other street?

And I guess that San Francisco's a lonely city

And you lost your life somewhere

Maybe on Broadway, maybe some other street?

So decades flew right on by

Fast forward, now

I am singing my father's words about you

Luck brought me through your town

It's built on big ideas and power

But the streets are still lined

With those who call 'em home

And maybe always will

I wonder too your name, your face, your fate

Forever in my mind sat with your dogs up there on Telegraph Road