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T-Stop Cafe
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Street music is alive and well in Boston, I'm happy to say.
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"If the great Phil Ochs were to rise from the dead today, he would probably be hailed as the new David Rovics." Andy Kershaw, BBC
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Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Folk
Charts
Peak #122
Peak in subgenre #9
Author
David Rovics
Rights
David Rovics 1998 All Rights Reserved
Uploaded
June 14, 2005
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MP3 7.0 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00
Story behind the song
For those of you not from Boston, the "T" is the short name for the MBTA, Boston's subway system. Along with many other musicians past and present, I've spent a lot of time playing on the red line platform at Park Street and other places. Thanks to the efforts of folks like Stephen Baird and Ned Landin, street music is alive and well in Boston, I'm happy to say.
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There's that guy in his bow-tie going off to maitre-de There's Richard ranting a rave saying Jesus don't you see There's old Mrs. K, carrying an apple pie Behind the green-haired girl hanging on the sly There's Dennis and Jorge pulling along their rig Oh and here comes Mary Lou off to do an indoor gig Judy's gone to school to misdirect the youth Spaced-out kid with comic books is dreaming of a phone booth (chorus) Have a good ride, come again someday And thanks for stopping by the t-stop cafe The mayor's stumbled off the train, he's looking for a dime There's Jim searching in his brain for a decent rhyme The ghost of top-hat Dana never leaves the place Every time I see a park bench, it's hiding out his face (chorus) That baby's singing along with a little plastic stork Oh and Gordon's sniffing the platform for a bottle to uncork Crazy Jane's blaming the CIA for giving her a rash Nisha's poking around the corners for a quiet place to crash (chorus) Well the T's a fine place to visit, long as you don't have to stay So I hope you'll deign to drop on by on some other day Next time you have some time that's free or you're on a wild shopping spree You can rest assured you just might be dropping in on me (chorus) ---- Created December, 1998 Copyright David Rovics 1998, all rights reserved
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