Verse Bm7 Em7 My heart is the bums on the street A7 D With nothing to eat and their dirty hands cupped up Bm7 Em7 My heart is the squirrels in the park A7 D Late Sunday evening dodging the raindrops Bm7 Em7 My heart is a barrel on fire A7 D That blows burnin' ashes at a telephone wire Bm7 Em7 My heart is the avenue wind rattlin' street signs A7 D With its delicate din… G A What did I do to cause you to leave me? G A Girl if you just knew what I'm goin' through G A I lost my pride, my head hangs nds in sorrow F#m G A Every inch of the city reminds me of you ... Bm7 Em7 My heart is the schoolyard so empty A7 D Vacant of smiles and void of all joy Bm7 Em7 My heart is the ghetto at midnight A7 D Teeming with beats that reverberate fear Bm7 Em7 My heart is a newspaper blowin' A7 D Down the street when it's snowin' and no ones around Bm7 Em7 My heart is a saxophone solo from a third story window A7 D Just before dawn G A What did I do to cause you to leave me? G A Girl if you just knew what I'm goin' through G A I lost my pride, my head hands in sorrow F#m G A Every inch of the city reminds me of you… Bm7 Em7 My heart is the smell of the sewer, A7 D The taste of the lobster, the price of the wine Bm7 Em7 My heart is the rush of the traffic A7 D The tug of the music, the scene of the crime Bm7 Em7 My heart is the crowd that keeps cheerin' A7 D The trains by the river, the points that we score Bm7 Em7 My heart is this wondrous city A7 D With its love and its life, and its one … slammin' door
