Fog's rollin' in off the East River bank Like a shroud it covers Bleecker Street Fills the alleys where men sleep Hides the shepherd from the sheep Voices leaking from a sad café Smiling faces try to understand I saw a shadow touch a shadow's hand On Bleecker Street The poet reads his crooked rhyme Holy, holy is his sacrament Thirty dollars pays your rent On Bleecker Street I heard a church bell softly chime In a melody sustainin' It's a long road to Caanan On Bleecker Street Bleecker Street

So we all are growing old and it's getting old Pressure on our hollow bones and the varicose Suddenly we decompose but we're not alone So we all are growing old... Maybe we're sealed in silence Maybe we feel a guidance Maybe your own devices Will keep you afraid and cold, but I... Memorized your smile lines when lips divide Kept alive your childlike reaction time We're allowed to expire with ourselves in mind So we all are growing old... Put out the fear of silence Put out the need for guidance Put out your own devices Don't be afraid of the cold, because we... We sing, we sing, we sing We fight, we fight, we fight We cry, we cry, we cry We slide, we slide, we slide into the light We sing We fight We cry We slide, we slide, we slide into the light Maybe we're sealed in silence Maybe we feel a guidance Maybe your own devices Will keep you afraid and cold Put out the fear of silence Put out the need for guidance Put out your own devices Don't be afraid of the cold Afraid of the cold Afraid over time we've got nowhere to go but here...

Girl, you stole my heart and changed it Took all of my plans and rearranged them Now I finally know what amazing grace is When I look into your eyes Baby, I see my whole life What you say we put us down some roots? Find a house up on a hill Travel 'round the world Put some pictures on the shelf Hold you close and keep the faith Raise some kids with our last name Well, come on baby what you say we do? I feel like growing old with you I'm growing old with you Every day I'll love you better than the day before Watching sunsets fading from the front porch We'll build this home together, weather any storm And as the years keep rolling on You'll be right where I belong What you say we put us down some roots? Find a house up on a hill Travel 'round the world Put some pictures on the shelf Hold you close and keep the faith Raise some kids with our last name Well, come on baby what you say we do? I feel like growing old with you I'm growing old with you What you say we put us down some roots? Find a house up on a hill Travel 'round this world Put some pictures on the shelf Maybe one day our babies go And have some babies of their own And you'll get all my time 'til all my time is through I feel like growing old with you Growing old with you I feel like growing old with you

I was laughing, playing in the streets, I was unknowing; I didn't know about things. Then he came along, but never really showed me, I thought that love could wait. I was a young girl. I was sure to go astray. You walked right into my life and told me Love would find a way, find a way, yeah. Gotta keep on growing, Keep on growing, gotta keep on growing. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I was standing, looking in the face Of one who loved me, feeling so ashamed. Hoping, I pray the Lord, that he could understand me, And I didn't know his name. He took my hand in his and told me I was wrong. He said, you're gonna be all right girl, Oh just as long, just as long... Gotta keep on growing, Keep on growing, gotta keep on growing, Yeah, yeah, yeah. Baby, someday maybe, who knows where or when, Lord, Just you wait and see. Let me hold you, Together hand in hand, alone forever; 'Cause I want just you and me. This time is gonna change it all, I know it's true; Our love is gonna keep on growing And growing's all we gotta do, all we gotta do, yeah. Oh, got to keep on growing, Gotta keep on growing, gotta keep on growing. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Gotta keep on growing, Keep on growing, gotta keep on growing. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Gotta keep on growing, gotta keep on growing, Staring, looking in the face of the one that loved me. Gotta keep on growing, Gotta keep on growing, gotta keep on growing, oh yeah, I was a young girl, You said love will find a way, Love will find a way. Gotta keep on growing...