The Mayor Of Macdougal Street

(альбом: Redemption Road - 2015)

He's been gone for many years now, that's for certain.
Left a vacant spot no man can fill.
They closed the hall and someone drew the curtain.
No one's replaced him yet no one will.

Hanging around the Gaslight back in the day,
Laughing with Dave Van Ronk and hearing him play
It was Green, Green Rocky Road and play it as it lays,
The devil's on the bandstand, it's a helluva tune he plays.
But the devil puts down his banjo and he reaches for the booze
When the Mayor of MacDougal Street's playing the blues.

When Dave Van Ronk sat down, the room got quiet.
He strummed a lazy chord on his Guild guitar.
Sounds so sweet, it made you wanna try it;
It made you dream of swinging on a star.

Hanging around the Gaslight back in the day,
Laughing with Dave Van Ronk and hearing him play
It was Green, Green Rocky Road and play it as it lays,
The devil's on the bandstand, it's a helluva tune he plays.
But the devil puts down his banjo and he reaches for the booze
When the Mayor of MacDougal Street's playing the blues.

Never knew a man to suffer fools less gladly.
Or to view this world of ours with more jaundiced eye.
I miss this friend of mine, I miss him badly
In this pygmy world, a giant came stomping by.

Hanging around the Gaslight back in the day,
Laughing with Dave Van Ronk and hearing him play
It was Green, Green Rocky Road and play it as it lays,
The devil's on the bandstand, it's a helluva tune he plays.
But the devil puts down his banjo and he reaches for the booze
When the Mayor of MacDougal Street's playing the blues.