Miracle Row Lyrics - Janis Ian

Maria lives on Miracle Row 

She tells fortunes, you know 

At a dollar a throw 

Every pimp and every gigolo 

Has made love in the afternoon 

To the lady by the windowsill 

Five healthy children 

And a home of your own 

Back on Miracle Row 

They all will follow the show 

Soap operas in the afternoon 

And the old ladies swear 

At the sun like a sauna 

On the tenement stair 

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All the boys play the conga 

There? s a chill in the air 

And yes, they? re gonna break out of here 

TV in the summer heat 

Talk show hard to beat 

'Til she hits the street 

Ripping pavement underneath her heels 

With the poetry of motion in chains 

And the lady by the windowpane 

Five healthy children 

And a home of your own 

Back on Miracle Row 

They all will follow the show 

Love interest in the afternoon 

And the old man swoon 

And the sun gets hotter 

Someone mumbles a tune 

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And the young men spot her 

Running up to the room 

And yes, they've gotta get out of here soon 

Five healthy children 

And a home of your own 

Back on Miracle Row 

They all will count on the show 

Soap opera in the afternoon 

The old ladies swear 

At the boys playing the conga 

On the tenement stair 

And the sun is like a sauna 

There? s a chill in the air 

And yes, they? re gonna break out of here 

Oh Maria, your eyes are like 

A [unverified] lover's child 

And lips of velvet who held an invitation 

Every time you smiled 

You sucked me in, I must admit 

That I was waiting for a sign 

Won't you, leave me on the corner by the light? 

Because I? m stepping out tonight 

Oh Maria, I envy any man who knows your name 

The ones I knew you, well, I? m not ashamed 

To be the one who drags you down, your life is like a movie 

Like a star it's pasted up in subway walls 

Won? t you leave me something sacred when you fall? 

Unless there? s nothing left at all 

Your lips are like a faded Spanish rose 

And every movement strikes a pose 

On every technical enclose 

And other women show their teeth 

And schoolboy husbands pack and leave 

And empty lovers search the streets 

Maria, convince me in the night she know the way 

Though every lover brings another scream into the light of day 

Won? t you leave me by the lamppost 

In the haze of your perfume night fades away? 

Won? t you leave me by the lamppost 

In the haze of your perfume night fades away?