South Street Waltz

+1986 Mark Cohen



1. Do you remember, nineteen-nineteen

I was an immigrant, you were my dream

Warm summer evenings, ice cream and stars

Riding down South Street on noisy streetcars



The years turned around us, the children, the war

I was a dress-cutter, you worked the store

And Sundays on South Street, we'd go for tea

Then I'd take you dancing with me



CHORUS :

Come and we'll dance again

Try to remember when

You'd sing me a song, silver and strong

Made of the morning light

Dance for the days we've known

Dance for a love full grown

Let yourself glide, I'm here by your side

We're dancing tonight



2. Foxtrots and waltzes, we knew them all

Gliding so lightly as songs filled the hall

You grew more lovely, as years went by

Sundays on South Street, my sweetheart and I



One day I noticed, something was wrong

You had forgotten our favorite song

Then you remembered, and brushed it aside

But I saw the fear in your eyes ( CHORUS )



3. Things seemed to crumble from that time on

Each day a part of you fading or gone

Now we're still together, but you've slipped away

And South Street's a memory, empty and gray



Yet through the darkness, one light remains

Something to hold against all of the pain

Music still moves you, sets you aglow

Dancing is all that you know ( CHORUS )



4. Sweetheart, it's Sunday, though you don't know

And I've brought you roses tied up with a bow

Lovely and graceful, just like your face

A delicate beauty that time can't erase



I'll put on a record, a Glenn Miller tune

Here, let me hold you, let's see if there's room

Your body remembers, your smile's just the same

We're dancing on South Street again ( CHORUS )



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