Harvard Square Lyrics - David Gray

Harvard Square 

Harvard Square on any 

given summer night 

is a potpourri of diverse 

street performers 

hustling for coins 

and acclaim 

offered by the crowds 

the people who traverse 

the square in search of 

entertainment 

and amusement 

jugglers, mimes, magicians 

and musicians of all 

persuasions plying 

their trade 

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on the streets 

and bringing 

the square alive 

in a vivid mosaic 

of sight and sound 

the performers 

often choose 

a storefront or alleyway 

that adds a 

visual dimension 

to the act 

Photos 

they are presenting 

in the foyer of 

the Harvard Coop 

a quintet of musicians 

serves up ragtime 

evoking carefree 

hedonistic memories 

with its high-arched 

columned facade 

and its window dressing 

of crew-necked sweaters 

and LaCoste shirts 

the Coop conjures up 

images of Gatsby-esque 

splendor and decadence 

youths dancing to the music 

furtively sipping 

from their flasks 

a lone saxophonist 

cool and distant 

blows his blue notes 

in the doorway of Jasmines 

a fashionable boutique 

where punk mannequins 

model the latest 

designer fashions 

the jaded intellects sit in 

the Au Bon Pain Cafe 

eating croissants 

drinking Perrier 

and reading the latest edition 

of The New York Times 

passing the spot where 

the Wurst House used to be 

i hear the medieval 

haunting strings 

of the dulcimer 

which causes 

lovers to draw closer 

impervious to the vast 

shuffle around them 

oh, my beloved Harvard Square 

it is without a doubt the best 

entertainment bargain in town 

Elizabeth