Darrell Scott - After All lyrics

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We walked all night in the pouring rain Made the coast by morning Found an old abandoned carnival by the sea There were no seats on the ferris wheel And only one horse on the carousel So I jumped on his back to get a ride for free Free like the wind rising up the Eastern shore Blowing back my un-tucked shirt tail Filling up my empty pockets And a song was coming to me But by night I couldn't hear it anymore Anymore I've stopped dreaming of love Anymore I can't believe the things I'm thinking of Anymore, anymore Mirrah, she's a friend of mine She gives her love to artists It's her way of brushing her humanity She stays long enough to feel the pain And to fill up on their vision When she's drunk she says she's still in love with me Me, I spend my days singing new songs on the subway For the ones who stop to listen Who will pay me mind or money And I go right on singing as the train rolls in To take them far away Far away they miss the best part of the show Far away for a place they don't really wanna go Far away, far away Well I went to see this friend of mine He lives down in New York City Says that's the only place a poet needs to be Says there's life outside the window pane And benches by the river And a song in every stranger's eyes you see See me on the street with my pocket pad of paper Making sense of all the madness With my crisp iambic meter And nobody dares to tell me New York City doesn't need me after all After all I am just a mortal man After all I'm just trying to do the very best I can After all, after all, after all