Lyrics:

Title: Bleecker Street
Artist: Paul Simon
Album: Old Friends
Bleeker Street (2:42)
P. Simon, 1964
Previously unreleased demo from March 1964;
the final version was released on Wednesday Morning, 3 a.m. Bleecker Street


Fog's rollin' in off the East River bank
Like a shroud

it covers Bleeker Street
Fills the alleys where men sleep
Hides the shepherd from the sheep

Voices leaking from a sad cafe
Smiling faces try to understand
I saw a shadow touch a shadow's hand
On Bleeker Street

A poet reads his crooked rhyme
Holy, holy is his sacrament
Thirty dollars pays your rent
On Bleeker Street

I heard a church bell softly chime
In a melody sustainin'
It's a long road to Canaan
On Bleeker Street

Bleeker Street