Zephyr & I stand out on
West End Avenue
Talking about the things that

All of us used to do

And the wind kicks up with the smell of rain

The kids are gone but the souls remain

Zephyr and I sort out our

Long time memories
Do you remember, he says,
The 1970's


This was a youth mall
Of America on this street

All of us hanging here
Like underage cops on a beat


And the wind kicks up in the smell of rain
Now the kids are gone but their souls remain
The graffiti goes but the walls retain

The flowers go but the earth must still remain

In spring the tide in Riverside

Will wash away the cold and frozen
River rain will clean the stain and
Wash away wash away downstream


Out on the corner by the
Fireman's Monument

This was the place where all the
Fatherless teenagers went


Well the wind kicks up in the smell of rain
The kids are gone but the souls remain
The graffiti's gone and the walls complain

The flowers go but the earth must still remain