Prompt / Lyrics
[Verse 1] Cracked blue mailbox Corner by the deli door We’d split one soda Talking like we owned the floor Jim had that wild laugh Jack lit up the dark Nothing felt bigger than South Ozone Park [Chorus] South Ozone Park nights Still playing in my mind Every little echo Frozen in that time Jim and Jack are faces In an old school photograph Days roll by Time flies past But my heart keeps running back [Verse 2] Mama in the window Yelling that the food got cold We swore we’d never leave But the story turned We all got old Bus stop conversations Dreams drawn in chalk Rain washed the sidewalks Not the way we talked [Chorus] South Ozone Park nights Still playing in my mind Every little echo Frozen in that time Jim and Jack are faces In an old school photograph Days roll by Time flies past But my heart keeps running back [Bridge] If I could call you right now (ohh) Hear that busted payphone ring We’d laugh about the good days Every dumb Beautiful thing I blink and decades vanish Like footsteps in the dark But love stays parked forever Back in South Ozone Park [Chorus] South Ozone Park nights Still playing in my mind Every little echo Frozen in that time Jim and Jack are faces In an old school photograph Days roll by Time flies past But my heart keeps running back
Tags
Warm Motown soul groove with male vocals, mid-tempo drums and tambourine, round bass walking under glossy electric piano and clean guitar chops. Verses stay intimate with close-mic lead, choruses bloom into call-and-response backing vocals and stacked harmonies. Short horn stabs lift the hook, subtle organ pad glues everything, fade-out vamp on the title line., motown
Duration
2:44
Instrumental
No
Created
3/17/2026