Saint Dominic's Preview (Live)

Shammy cleaning all the windows

Singing songs about Edith Piaf's soul

And I hear blue strains of no regredior

Across the street from Cathedral Notre Dame

Meanwhile back in San Francisco

We're trying hard to make this whole thing blend

As we sit upon this jagged

Storey block, with you my friend

And it's a long way to Buffalo

It's a long way to Belfast city too

And I'm hoping the choice won't blow the hoist

'Cos this town, they bit off more than they can chew

As we gaze out on, as we gaze out on

As we gaze out on, as we gaze out on

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All the orange boxes are scattered

We get to Safeway's supermarket in the rain

And everybody feels so determined

Not to feel anyone else's pain

You know that no one's making no commitments

To anybody but themselves

Hidin' behind closed doorways

Tryin' to get outside, outside of empty shells

And for every cross-cuttin' country corner

For every Hank Williams railroad train that cried

And all the chains, badges, flags and emblems

And every strain on every brain and every eye As we gaze out on, as we gaze out on

As we gaze out on, as we gaze out on

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And the restaurant tables are completely covered

The record company has paid out for the wine

You got everything in the world you ever wanted

Right about now your face should wear a smile

That's the way it all should happen

When you're in, when you're in the state you're in

You've got your pen and notebook ready

I think it's about time, time for us to begin

And we're over in a 52nd Street apartment

Socializing with the whino few

Just to be hip and get wet with the jet set

But they're flying too high to see my point of view

As we gaze out on, as we gaze out on

As we gaze out on, as we gaze out on

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Saint Dominic's preview

See them freedom marching

Out on the street, freedom marching

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