Lady Of Avenue A

Lady of Avenue A may be my favourite song off . . . Until the Freeze, although I am still in love with Shine Along. Lady of Avenue A is, in a lot of ways, a sort of ballad, a sort of lullaby and definitely a story. I hope I get to hear it live in at least one of three shows I'm going to this year. Crowesbase details that, so far, it's been played six times live.

In that interview I can't stop raving about, Chris said that:

Well, on the vinyl edition, on Side 3 the character from these songs finds himself in an urban place like New York, where the girls are different and the drugs are faster. 'Make Glad,' 'Lady of Avenue A,' 'Kept My Soul' and 'I Ain't Hiding' are the little foray into the city.

What I love about Lady of Avenue A is that it tells a story but also that it's just so beautiful -- the harmony, the lyrics, the sentiment. My favourite line is from the chorus, "You just can't believe what the city folks say," because I think this is another tenent of TBC-- they really are country folk at heart. And, even now, that they are in the big city more and famous, and everything, that's not where the truth is and that's not where their hearts are -- I think, considering, TBC and especially CR and RR are really just trying to find the truth.

You said goodnight
Wrapped your scarf up tight
And left into
A winter scene
The Lower East Side
Is just a place to hide
A place to
Privately dream

Good times and lost nights on Avenue A
Don't let the bright lights take you away
You just can't believe what the city folks say
My lady of Avenue A

These old downtown streets
Where lovers meet
To sometimes laugh
To sometimes cry
A strange parade
All new things fade
But somehow this place
Stays the same

Good times and lost nights on Avenue A
Don't let the bright lights take you away
You just can't believe what the city folks say
My lady of Avenue A

You fall asleep
I hear you breathe
The snow outside
I make some tea
The cats awake
And plays with string
As I slip into a dream

Good times and lost nights on Avenue A
Don't let the bright lights take you away
You just can't believe what the city folks say
My lady of Avenue A