On the street where you live
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(Freddy : )
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1. I have often walked down this street before,
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but
the pavement always stayed beneath my feet before.
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All at once am I sev'ral
stories high,
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knowing
I'm on the street where you live.
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2. Are there lilac trees in the heart of town ?
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Can you hear a lark in any
other part of town ?
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Does enchantment pour out of eve'ry
door ?
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No, it's just on the street
where you live !
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+ And oh, the towering
feeling just to know somehow you are near,
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the o........verpowering feeling
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that
any second you may suddenly appear !
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3. People stop and stare, they don't bother me,
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for
there's nowhere else on earth that I would rather be.
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let
the time go by, I won't care if I
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can
be here on the street where you live.
(Loewe / Lerner)