Prayer for Spanish Harlem

                                  Hot night, Spanish Harlem

Full moon, creeping low

I was standing at the bottom

Your blue window



I come from miles just to hold you

Been so long, baby how you been?

Do you remember what I told you?

Still the same it was back then



I hope it all comes easy, I hope it all feels right

A dozen different candles, line your bed tonight

And I hope its never over, I hope it never ends

But when I go, I hope that you will want me back again



This world that's all around us

It's for real, its not a game

And though hate and greed surrounds us

There's love in my veins



So hush now, do no more talkin'

My heart is heavy; it's a ragged stone

All I want is you with me walkin'

Cause I can't walk alone



And I hope that when we go, they take us someplace good

We can all be kings in common neighborhoods

And I hope we live together, daughter and the son

And I hope they'll take me in when my work upon this

Earth is done



Well I wish you loved in miles,

I wish that you would see

How time says: love expires

But not me, not me