Story Behind The Song

part of "New York Suite", a love song to New York.

Song Description

celebration of the wonderful variety of life and occupations to be found in Chinatown NYC

Lyrics

?Chinatown? July 2005 Meryl Leppard c.


There?s a pretty little girl
Sitting on a step in Chinatown
Playing with a cat
Smiling shyly up at me
Her momma?s standing by
Selling fish to fry in Chinatown
Offering a deal
An extra with the meal for free

My heart beats rhythm
And I wanna dance
This oriental romance

Chorous:
All of Chinatown?s my lover
Mother, Father, sister, brother, there
Shades of colour to astound me
Treasures high and low abound to share

There?s a busy old man
Working with his hands in Chinatown
Squatting on the pavement
Servicing the passers by
Hammering the soles
For keeping out the cold in Chinatown
Fixing up the shoes
With glue that?s gonna get me high

His eyes are smiling
That special glance
My oriental romance

Chorous:
All of Chinatown?s my lover
Mother, father, sister, brother, there
Shades of colour to astound me
Treasures high and low abound to share







?Chinatown? 2. Leppard. c. 2005


Under an arch
Dragons are watching
And out on the street
Banners of silk
Flutter softly in night breezes all
Lit by the glow
Of paper lanterns
That shine in Chinatown


There?s a bustle in the street
A hustle that you meet
In Chinatown
A boldness and a brashness
Banging at the break of day
A fragrance in the air
A headiness to bear
In Chinatown
Incense being lit
Making someone fit to pray

It wraps my senses
Up in a trance
This oriental romance

Chorous:
All of Chinatown?s my lover
Mother, father, sister, brother, there
Shades of colour to astound me
Treasures high and low abound to share

High on a ledge
Buddha is beaming
Transcending it all
Holding his porcelain belly and shaking with mirth
Witnessing life
In all its glory
Here in Chinatown.

All the little babies wrapped
In padded satin dressing-gowns
In Chinatown.