The Ballad of Ridge Street Lyrics & Tabs by Brenda Kahn
The Ballad of Ridge Street
guitar chords lyrics
There was a girl with velvet eyes
had a pocket full of wishes and a pocket full of lies
she crossed a path with a crooked smile
and just kept going for a thousand miles
She walked so far she almost fell off
she once fell down and she once had a cough
talked to a guy with a big radio
and a man on the corner playing dominoes
no one down there had fancy clothes
it was a sad and lonely time
Build me a house by the waterside
take me to Jordan in the summertime
I won't feel lost in your arms
I will be ever by your side
Fate, the fickle bastard said
I won't feel lost in your arms
I will be ever by your side
Fate, the fickle bastard said
you won't go alone every night to bed
he sent her a lover for a pile of tears
she told him all her deepest darkest fears
Now all the flags in this part of town were black
people sewed them into shirts and old felt hats
the girl and her lover bought a sailing ship
took off their clothes and tied them to the mast
sailed away and they never came back
Build me a house by the waterside
take me to Jordan in the summertime
I won't feel lost in your arms
Ithe people wondered by and by
about the girl who'd been struck
by the evil eye
For she felt no shame she lived as she pleased
because love is a strange and sweet disease
Build me a house by the waterside
take me to Jordan in the summertime
I won't feel lost in your arms
I will be ever by your side
