You got lost in the crowd

The waves of people in Chinatown

Can't get behind this mystery

Do you believe everything you see



Just a shadow in the streetlight

Just a shadow on the wall

A silhouette, face in the darkness

I've been waiting for the call



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We'll go marching in the night parade

We'll be marching in the night parade



I combed the streets like cloak and dagger

I put the word out on the waterfront

We were living hard, living fast

Outrunning ghosts from the past



Just a shadow in the moonlight

Just a shadow on the wall

A silhouette, the kiss of death

Did somebody take the fall



Chorus



Mary, Mary, Mary I'm knocking on your door

Mary, Mary sanctuary can't see you no more

From out of the past a stranger came

And carried you away

I stood on the corner, the scene of the crime

And I could here her say



Chorus



We're living in a street opera

Are we just living in a street opera



Chorus



Walking the night beat

The rhythm of the street

Moving to the heartbeat of the city



Chorus