Soap box preacher standing on a And all the they would gather round You of faith with a blaze of glory But that fear, they wanna knock you down
knows where you live Where do you go in the night? All of the prophets, they before you They can hear lonesome cry
When out there in the night all alone When staring in the light at the end of the road
In those shoes, coming on up the alley In those proud shoes, all over the sky he tipped his hat just like Don Quixote And said, "Don't let the pass you by"
Heard a bugle blowing in the morning What a haunting sound Times Square Heard of the ghost of 52nd Looked out the but no one was there
Out in the Harlem rain I went searching for minstrel man Played me a song to the pain the Salvation Army Band
When you're out on the dark all alone When you're sleeping in the at the end of the road
In those proud shoes, coming on up the In those proud shoes, all over the sky Then he tipped his hat just like Don And said, "Don't let the rapture you by"
In the neon wilderness and the jungle He carries his of passion the wreckage and the rumble
In those proud shoes, coming on up the In proud shoes, walks all over the sky Then he tipped his hat like Don Quixote And said, "Don't let the rapture, don't let the rapture you by Don't let it you by Ooh, don't let it you by"