Bleeker Street

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Fog’s rol-ling in off the East Ri-ver bank

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Like a shroud it co-vers Blee-ker Street

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Fills the al-leys where men sleep

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Hides the shep-herd from the sheep

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Voi-ces leak-ing from a sad ca-fe

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Smil-ing fa-ces try to un-der-stand

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I saw a sha-dow touch a sha-dow’s hand

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On Blee-ker Street

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A po-et reads his crook-ed rhyme

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Ho-ly, ho-ly is his sa-cra-ment

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Thir-ty dol-lars pays your rent

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I heard a church bell soft-ly chime

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In a me-lo-dy sus-tain-ing

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It’s a long road to Caa-nan

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On Blee-ker Street

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Ooh——- Ooh——-

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Ooh——

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Blee- ker Street