[Scratching]

From the wrong side of the track

[Verse 1]

I'm looking at a chance to change my stars today

Across the platform but that sure seems far away

You're on the Brooklyn bound side, looking down

I live in Queens, and in between a car just came

So I could like, give you a sign with my mind, or give a cough

That's corny, but I don't want to find our signals crossed

Or leave it up to chance you just get aboard the next train and jet

And give me more next day regret

So lets take a step to let this be the day we met

In case destiny and fate forget

I got a heavenly engagement set

And I've been trying to be an angel but I've yet to meet my angelette

I'd make a bet with myself, tell 'em to seize the day

Maybe pressure would help, there's seldom an easy way

If ever I felt that I would need to pray

Its safe for me to say it'd be today

So now its like

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I just can't shake the feeling that there's something about you

And I don't want to leave here without you in my life

It just doesn't seem right

No matter how hopelessly I wish that you would notice me, you don't

Some guys make this look so easy

But that's just not me

I would've loved to try to cross the tracks if I had courage

And fortune would've brought me back

[Verse 2]

Now is there something I'm supposed to do

That would bring me close to you and end my single loner blues

Cause you could think my messy hair and vintage clothes are cute

Or when you stare back, you could think I'm homeless too

I'm so confused about which road to choose

Take the stairway over to your side, I shout an ode to you

From afar, I probably sound like any dude in a bar

And if I transferred I'd create a chance for you to depart

Is it usually hard to do what your hearts telling you?

I would've moved from the start if I knew what the smart fellas do

This ain't the brand of love Hallmark cards sell to you;

Seldom true, whimsy for the not-so-well-to-do

So help me through all the the self doubt, and cowardice

Walking in lead welded shoes- held down and powerless

To tell the truth I don't know how I'll come out of this

But if I don't take myself to you, you're gone, and that's how it is

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[Verse 3]

With all these gaps that separate us, will we meet?

Or will this be another Beat Street, and I'm set as Ramo

I can't let the anguish over a trek this dangerous

Or whether fate is with me tonight, decide were left as strangers

Who would accept the shameless coward who never tried

Staring at a better life on legs and just let it slide

Am I just petrified she won't say yes?

If I measured my reluctance would my hope weigh less?

Whether I miss my shift, miss my train, or whether or not

It's the same, I still sit in vain, left at the dock

Whatever the cops do, if they catch me or not

I'll measure the cost in knowing that I let her slip off

So its ready or not, now or never, across The Great Divide

I leapt to the bottom and made for my ladies side

Well if this is to be the day I died

And judgment visits me, I can truly say I tried

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