In The Street Where The World Passes Me By - Jarle Bernhoft

Smack in the middle, but so much on the outside

And everybody has a story to tell (all lifelong)

In languages I can’t dream of understanding

Americana cats, with leather jackets in the sun

Making out with the burqa-clad madonnas

The sweet perfume that strides by on gracious feet

And the fashion stalls so fiercely out of date

And we’re representing everybody

We just can’t start no war

Keeps me curious

A wild seed in this well-groomed bed (growing faster)

A firm oasis in the dry city renewal

Americana cats…

We are a part of everybody

People pouring out of holes in walls

And they go right in front of your bicycle

Dart the masses, skip a heartbeat

Scoot to miss a toddler without a leash

Just as you think you’re all thru the peril

There’s a running little baby sheik

Americana cats, with leather jackets in the sun

Making out with the burqa-clad madonnas

The sweet perfume striding by on gracious feet

And the fashion stalls so fiercely out of date

In this brick road that kisses your bare feet

Underneath all these cultural revolutions

The warmth I meet as I talk to people

Parallelled by no other place around

Pandemonium breaks loose as I watch

Who’s dancing?

I can’t see past the crowd

Got no choice but to partake in the dancing in the street

Embracing people I’ll never see again