It’s also where the streets have no name (okay, that seemed more witty in my mind). This was one of the earlier songs I wrote back in the day, and it is based on a Shel Silverstein collection of poems of the same name. I’m not sure how it somehow popped into my head but I do remember really enjoying his work in the 2nd grade. I’ve pretty much forgotten about this song since I used the bridge of this song in “Let Go”, which I think is a much better song, both lyrically as well as musically. That being said, I still remember how to play it and how the melody goes so maybe it’s not such a bad song after all.
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Where the sidewalk ends,
that’s where I’ll see you again.
Jumping from crack to crack,
always wishing to want you back.
When the rains begin,
I’ll hold a candle and some things.
As the colored skyline fades,
I rush back to my mental cage.
CHORUS:
And I run down the street
All these thoughts and memories gently spilling out.
Leave me here to mend.
And I”ll meet you where the sidewalk ends.
Where the past will start
is when my heart departs.
Chasing fantastic dreams
and anything else in between.
How fortunes finish,
a mystery diminished.
Mixtures of low tides,
bottle up numbling then divide.
CHORUS
Fly away, I’ll fly away
Fly away.
These mistakes, oh, these mistakes,
Will I finally die today?
CHORUS
Where the sidewalk ends,
that’s where we’ll meet again.
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