Pennsylvania Avenue Lyrics - Singles - X-patriate: Alan J. Lipman

Silly little girl makes a video 

Tilts her head so cute and tired 

As the steam rises from the grates 

And outside the Big House 

The reporters scatter round 

Like packs of nervous birds 

Behind the steely gates 

And let the steam rise up 

And let the people wise up 

As I drive down Pennsylvania Avenue 

Let the steam rise up 

And let the people wise up 

As I drive down Pennsylvania Avenue 

The young debark at Union Station 

New suits and bright eyes 

And a gleam to aspire 

And/or to acquire 

And the elders on the street 

Watch the town cars in their fleet 

Pass to use the last of them 

'Fore they expire 

And let the steam rise up 

And let the people wise up 

As I drive down Pennsylvania Avenue 

Let the steam rise up 

And let the people wise up 

As I drive down Pennsylvania Avenue 

Chipped paint on historic slum 

A drum beat 

So short so sweet 

The hunger for a dance that will feel new 

But the trend that brings them here 

Is to be a part of History 

Which means all will be the same 

When they are through 

But let the steam rise up 

Let the people wise up 

As I drive down Pennsylvania Avenue 

Let the steam rise up 

Let the people wise up 

As I drive down Pennsylvania Avenue 

Lighting flash above the dome 

It lights the homes upon the Hill 

Just for a moment a stop 

A shock a sign 

And for that moment all are still 

As they hesitate to find the will 

To rise above the guise of love 

While there is time 

And let the steam rise up 

Let the people wise up 

As I drive down Pennsylvania Avenue 

Let the steam rise up 

And let the people wise up 

As I drive down Pennsylvania Avenue 

Silly little girl makes a video 

I watch it from my bed 

As the light streams in 

Between the monument and the grey 

As the vendors, tenders 

Menders, benders 

Spenders and amenders 

All rise to seek the hope within a brand new day 

And let the steam rise up 

Let the people wise up 

As I drive down Pennsylvania Avenue 

Let the steam rise up 

And let the people wise up 

As I drive down Pennsylvania Avenue 

As I ride down Pennsylvania Avenue 

As I rise up Pennsylvania Avenue 

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