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F#m Klebefolie bedruckt Catch a taxi to the fountainhead C#sus4/g# Blinking neon penny arcade A A young caruso on the fire escape Bm bm/c# d d/e Painted face ladies on parade Märchen F#m The newsboy on the corner C#sus4/g# Singing out headlines A And a fiddler selling pencils Bm bm/c# d Geschenke Muttertag The sign reads: help the blind
F#m f#m/e dmaj7 Comin' up the lane callin' Bm7 c#m7 f#m Workin' while the rain's fallin' Bonn Webseiten Dmaj7 c# a/e d#m7-5 Ragman, your song of the street Dmaj7 e7sus4 Keeps haunting my memory F#m f#m/e dmaj7 Music in the air Bm7 c#m7 f#m hotels andraitx I hear it ev'rywhere Dmaj7 c# a/e d#m7-5 Rags, bones and old city songs Dmaj7 e7sus4 a Hear them, how they talk to me
Trolley car rings out the morning Begleitagentur Hannover Whistle blows at noon A cat fight breaks open the night While watch dogs bay at the moon A preacher on an orange crate With a salvation army band And clicking along the cobbled stones That's the sound of the ice-cream man Begleitservice Hannover
Comin' up the lane callin' Workin' while the rain's fallin' Ragman, your song of the street Keeps haunting my memory Music in the air I hear it ev'rywhere Häuser Willich Rags, bones and old city songs Hear them, how they talk to me
The organ grinder and his monkey Still walkin' the same old beat The shoe-shine boy slappin' leather He puts the rhythm in your feet Digitaldruck Duisburg Strollin' by the churchyard List'nin' to the sunday choir With voices rising to the heavens Like sirens screaming to a fire
Comin' up to the lane callin' Workin' while the rain's fallin' Folienbeschriftung in Duisburg Ragman, your song of the street Keeps haunting my memory Music in the air I hear it ev'rywhere Rags, bones and old city songs Play them one more time for me