57th Street

new York city

2013

(Bruce Springsteen - Incident on 57th Street)

Johnny was sittin' on the fire escape

 watchin' the kids playin' down the
street,
He called down,

"Hey little heroes, summer's long

 but I guess it ain't very sweet around here anymore,
Janey sleeps in sheets damp with sweat,

 Johnny sits up alone and watches her dream on,

dream on,
And the sister prays for lost souls

then breaks down in the chapel

 after everyone's gone.
Jane moves over to share her pillow

 but opens her eyes to see Johnny up and putting his clothes on,
She says,

"Those romantic young boys,

all they ever want to do is fight,
Those romantic young boys,

 they're callin' through the window:
Hey,

Spanish Johnny,

 you want to make a little easy money tonight?"