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Maria lives on Miracle RowShe tells fortunes, you knowAt a dollar a throwEvery pimp and every gigoloHas made love in the afternoonTo the lady by the windowsillFive healthy childrenAnd a home of your ownBack on Miracle RowThey all will follow the showSoap operas in the afternoonAnd the old ladies swearAt the sun like a saunaOn the tenement stairAll the boys play the congaThere's a chill in the airAnd yes, they're gonna break out of hereTV in the summer heatTalk show hard to beat'Til she hits the streetLetras de cancionesRipping pavement underneath her heelsWith the poetry of motion in chainsAnd the lady by the windowpaneFive healthy childrenAnd a home of your ownBack on Miracle RowThey all will follow the showLove interest in the afternoonAnd the old man swoonAnd the sun gets hotterSomeone mumbles a tuneAnd the young men spot herRunning up to the roomAnd yes, they've gotta get out of here soonFive healthy childrenAnd a home of your ownBack on Miracle RowThey all will count on the showSoap opera in the afternoonThe old ladies swearAt the boys playing the congaOn the tenement stairAnd the sun is like a saunaThere's a chill in the airAnd yes, they're gonna break out of hereOh Maria, your eyes are likeA [?] lover's childAnd lips of velvet who held an invitationEvery time you smiledYou sucked me in, I must admitThat I was waiting for a signWon't you, leave me on the corner by the light?Because I'm stepping out tonightOh Maria, I envy any man who knows your nameThe ones I knew you, well, I'm not ashamedTo be the one who drags you down, your life is like a movieLike a star it's pasted up in subway wallsWon't you leave me something sacred when you fall?Unless there's nothing left at allYour lips are like a faded Spanish roseAnd every movement strikes a poseOn every technical encloseAnd other women show their teethAnd schoolboy husbands pack and leaveAnd empty lovers search the streetsMaria, convince me in the night she know the wayThough every lover brings another scream into the light of dayWon't you leave me by the lamppostIn the haze of your perfume night fades away?Won't you leave me by the lamppostIn the haze of your perfume night fades away? From Letras Mania