Story Behind The Song
NYC street life and music success/failure experience in NYC. World trade towers fall and viewer sees all (future and past) from his balcony in lower Manhatten.
Song Description
Strong walking song, walker is thinking hard about the future and the past.
Song Length |
4:13 |
Genre |
Rock - Progressive Rock |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
Subject |
Determination |
Similar Artists |
Rod Stewart |
Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
From My Balcony
(Al Collinsworth, 2003)
Walking down East 53rd towards 7th Avenue
Times Square lights are bright but lost in the night.
From my balcony I see, you've turned your lights on for me.
I wonder if this town can keep me alive one more day?
Children were playing in the park last night
Five fountain lanterns were blazing cutting the scene
From my balcony I see the lights are falling on me.
Watching all the crowds go by chasing someone else's dream
Winding down a summer day I know I'll remember when,
I was only 17 when I first saw your face,
The concrete and the harbor lights and the thrill of your fast pacce.
Crosstown traffic, subway, bus window to my world
I miss your style, your starry eyes, but you're gone again.
I'm on my way, back to the arms where I want to stay.