Riding the Streetcar

Climbing aboard as the bell gives a ring

The streetcar hums like a lively old thing

Tracks on the ground lead to places unknown

A rattle and a jolt

I'm never alone

Windows wide open the breeze pulls me near

The city's alive in my eye and my ear

The clang of the wheels the stories they tell

A chorus of life in this iron-shell

Riding the streetcar through the heart of the town

Up the hills and back down

The tracks sing a song that's older than me

Riding the streetcar sets my soul free

A stranger beside me we both catch a smile

No words exchanged but we ride for a while

The driver up front wears a face carved with time

Guiding this beast down its rattling line

Oh the wires above hum a tune so divine

Connecting our hearts through the tracks that align

Every stop's a new tale every turn's a new rhyme

This streetcar's a clock that rolls back through time

Riding the streetcar through the heart of the town

Up the hills and back down

The tracks sing a song that's older than me

Riding the streetcar sets my soul free