Patti Scialfa

Chelsea Avenue

Patti Scialfa


Daniel's by the Jonny Pump
He's drunk on cheap wine
He's got a monkey wrench 
In his hand
Saying 
He'll be prepared next time
Everything seemed so right
Who would have thought 
To make amends
With a love so pure
Who would have thought 
We'd burn in the end
From the tip of the fire 
To the heart of the blaze
When the rain came
There was nothing 
Left to save
Sifting thru 
The ashes for a clue
Nothing 
But a memory of me and you
Baby 
Down on Chelsea Avenue

Light a candle light a light
I'm going to take you 
Down tonight
So let the bells ring 
And the whistles blow
Across the soft country 
That we used to know
Where every path 
You take is marked
And every story in your heart
All comes running back to you
Baby, down on Chelsea Avenue

Didn't we love to love to love
Didn't we love to love to love
Didn't we love to love now
Didn't we
Didn't we walk so tall
Didn't we walk so free?
Didn't have to search 
For the strength
To be just what we wanted to be
After the temptations
It was just burning rain on wood
The more we learned the less 
We really understood
Now I don't know 
Who makes these final decisions
Who will be rewarded 
Punished or just forgiven
But I forgave you 
Darling because I knew
It's what you would 
Have wanted me to do
Baby, down on Chelsea Avenue