Maple Avenue

Lyrics

MAPLE AVENUE BY NOEL ESKEW AND MARK HARRIS 1.OL' CRAZY DAVE'S BEEN STANDIN ON THAT CORNER LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER THEY TORE DOWN MURRAY'S TAVERN LAST SEPTEMBER LUCKY'S CAFE IS STILL STANDING BUT THE PAINT'S ALL CRACKED AND DRY WALKING DOWN HERE MAKES ME REMEMBER, MAKES ME CRY CHORUS IT WAS A STREET OF EMOTIONS, A STRIP OF DREAMS IT WAS SO LONG AGO, BUT IT STILL SEEMS MY HEART BEATS JUST THE WAY THAT IT DID BACK THEN WHEN I WOULD WALK ALONE IN THE COLD, COLD NIGHT LOOKING FOR THE WARMTH, THE LIGHT OF A FRIENDLY FACE, WHEN I LIVED IN THIS PLACE SO LONG AGO ...MAPLE AVENUE 2.SOMETIMES I COULDN'T EVEN FEEL MY OWN FEET CAUSE MY MIND WAS LOST IN MY OWN DREAMS GRANDIOSE, I KNOW, BUT MINE ALL THE SAME SOMETIMES IT WAS SO COLD THAT EVERY STEP SLAMMED DOWN SO HARD THAT IT TOOK ALL I HAD TO JUST KEEP WALKING, TO BEAR THE PAIN CHORUS-- 3.I WAS WORKING AT A NIGHTCLUB, UNDER AGE NO DOUBT BUT I'D STILL GO TO THE PLACES WHERE THE KIDS HUNG OUT I WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN CHILDHOOD AND WHAT I WOULD BE THERE'S THE SPOT WHERE MY BOYFRIEND,JERRY, STOOD THERE BARE-FACED AND DUMPED ME MAN THIS STREET IS MADE OF MEMORIES CHORUS-- BRIDGE THERE'S A GHOST ON EVERY CORNER WHY DOES IT HURT SO BAD TO REMEMBER WHO I WAS WHAT I SAID I'D DO AND WHO I BELIEVED I WOULD BE? CHORUS--

Credits

Lyric Credits: Noel Eskew , Mark R. Harris

Music Credits: Noel Eskew, Mark R. Harris

Producer Credits: Gary Vandy, Mark R. Harris

Publisher Credits: Eskhar Music

Performance Credits: Noel Eskew-vocals & guitar, Mark R. Harris-Bass

Label Credits:

Description

Short Song Description: Coming of Age and remembering the past

Long Song Description: Seeing the old buildings in downtown Buffalo, NY, Mark's hometown, got us talking about all the changes.

Story Behind the Song: see above

Metadata

Song Length: 4:51

Primary Genre: Country-Rock

Secondary Genre: Country-Rock

Tempo / Feel: Medium (111 - 130)

Lead Vocal: Female Vocal

Subject Matter 1: History, Past

Subject Matter 2: Change

Language: English

Era: 2000 and later