Well the street lights shine   Down on Blessing Avenue   Lovers they walk by   Holding hands two by two      A breeze crosses the porch   Bicycle spokes spin ’round   Jacket’s on, I’m out the door   Tonight I’m gonna burn this town down      And the girls in their summer clothes   In the cool of the evening light   The girls in their summer clothes   Pass me by      Kid’s rubber ball smacks   Off the gutter ‘neath the lamp light   Big bank clock chimes   Off go the sleepy front porch lights      Downtown the store’s alive   As the evening’s underway   Things been a little tight   But I know they’re gonna turn my way      And the girls in their summer clothes   In the cool of the evening light   The girls in their summer clothes   Pass me by      Frankie’s Diner’s   Over on the edge of town   Neon sign spinnin’ round   Like a cross over the lost and found      Fluorescent lights   Flicker above Bob’s Grill   Shani qua brings a coffee and asks fill   And says .. penny for your thoughts now my poor Bill      She went away   She cut me like a knife   Had a beautiful thing   Maybe you just saved my life      In just a glance   Down here on Magic Street   Love’s a fool’s dance   I ain’t got much sense but I still got my feet      And the girls in their summer clothes   In the cool of the evening light   The girls in their summer clothes   Pass me by      And the girls in their summer clothes   In the cool of the evening light   The girls in their summer clothes   Pass me by      La la la la...