Bridges, Squares-Ted Leo

[ti:Bridges, Squares] [ar:Ted Leo] [al:Hearts Of Oak] [offset:0] [00:00.63]Bridges, Squares - Ted Leo [00:03.95]As I walked on to Kendall square [00:06.26] [00:06.80]And crossed the river basin there [00:09.19] [00:10.23]The Charles was black, the sky was blue [00:12.38] [00:12.93]The view was old, the bridge was new [00:15.39] [00:15.96]And past the flow's constricted mouth [00:19.14]Commercial lines flowed mostly south [00:21.64] [00:22.29]Or east across a boundless sea [00:24.86] [00:25.43]Where rising soon, the star would be [00:27.97] [00:28.48]The tides are moved by sun and moon [00:31.60]The spring will last from March to June [00:34.20] [00:34.70]The red line train will pass behind [00:37.18] [00:37.72]As long as bridge joins stream and sky [00:40.35] [00:40.86]And from that point where I did stand [00:43.20] [00:43.93]I wondered at the works of man [00:46.41] [00:46.97]I wondered how this walk began [00:49.54] [00:50.16]'Til red line train came 'round again [00:53.04]But it's not the time to ossify [00:55.94] [00:56.50]Not the end of wondering why [00:58.79] [00:59.56]Not in your faith or your apostasy [01:02.66]Not the end of history [01:05.82] [01:16.53]As I can take, so I could give [01:19.42]If I could shop where I could live [01:22.03] [01:22.56]As I can read, so I'd write books [01:25.16] [01:25.73]If I could eat where I could cook [01:28.13] [01:28.65]Where talkers have a place to meet [01:31.22] [01:31.77]Where walkers walk along the street [01:34.17] [01:34.85]And subways travel paths well hid [01:37.25] [01:37.96]And ferries take you off the grid [01:40.34] [01:40.92]But it's not the time to ossify [01:43.61] [01:44.33]Not the end of wondering why [01:46.47] [01:47.28]Not in your faith or your apostasy [01:50.36]Not the end of [01:51.60] [01:52.61]Predictable waves of historicity [01:55.39] [01:58.41]Or nostalgia for gaslit times I'll never ever see [02:02.43] [02:04.72]Futurians manifest [02:06.67] [02:07.58]Internationalists [02:08.72] [02:10.42]Connected are the promenades and waterways [02:14.57] [02:16.11]The living waves of harbor nights and city days [02:20.28] [02:22.73]And where is the builder, [02:24.28] [02:24.88]Was there something missed? [02:26.55] [02:28.72]Hidden in the plans to the bridge that started this [02:32.01] [03:12.70]But it's not the time to ossify [03:15.22] [03:16.06]Not the end of wondering why [03:18.23] [03:19.00]Not in your faith or your apostasy [03:21.99]Not the end of history [03:26.80] [03:35.78]As I walked on to Founders' Square [03:38.64]And crossed the river basin there [03:40.91] [03:41.60]The Passaic was gray, the sky was blue [03:44.58]The bridge was old, the view was new [03:47.13] [03:47.68]And from that point where I did stand [03:50.06] [03:50.76]I wondered at the builders' plan [03:53.04] [03:53.79]I wondered how this walk would end [03:56.30] [03:56.88]'Til path train came around again [03:59.60] [04:00.16]But it's not the time to ossify [04:02.20] [04:03.53]Not the end of wondering why [04:05.31] [04:06.04]Not in your faith or your apostasy [04:08.19] [04:09.01]Not the end of history [04:13.63]