Mermaid's Avenue-The Klezmatics

[ti:Mermaid's Avenue] [ar:The Klezmatics] [al:Wonder Wheel] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Mermaid's Avenue - The Klezmatics [00:17.51]Mermaid Avenue that's the street [00:20.01] [00:20.71]Where the lox and bagels meet [00:22.20] [00:23.35]Where the hot dog meets the mustard [00:25.20] [00:26.22]Where the sour meets the sweet [00:27.98] [00:29.10]Where the beer flows to the ocean [00:30.88] [00:31.85]Where the wine runs to the sea [00:33.77] [00:34.54]Why they call it Mermaid Avenue [00:36.69] [00:37.85]That's more than I can see [00:39.56] [00:40.61]But there's never been a mermaid here [00:43.61]On Mermaid Avenue [00:45.29] [00:46.14]No I've never seen a mermaid here [00:49.37]On Mermaid Avenue [00:51.08] [00:51.90]I've seen hags and wags and witches [00:54.58] [00:55.14]And I've seen a shark or two [00:56.78] [00:57.82]My five years that I've lived along [01:00.37] [01:01.27]Old Mermaid's Avenue [01:02.65] [01:03.46]Is five years that I've lived along [01:07.03]Mermaid's Avenue [01:08.36] [01:19.88]Mermaid Avenue that's the street [01:22.56]Where the saint and sinners meet [01:24.19] [01:25.38]Where the grey hair meets the wave curls [01:27.73] [01:28.29]Where the cops don't ever sleep [01:29.95] [01:31.21]Where they pay some cops to stop you [01:33.72]When you hit that Sea Gate gate [01:35.82] [01:36.88]Where them bulls along that wire fence [01:39.62]Scare the mermaids all away [01:41.37] [01:42.44]Mermaid Avenue that's the street [01:45.56]Where the sun and storm clouds meet [01:47.37] [01:48.42]Where the ocean meets that rockwall [01:50.49] [01:51.29]Where the boardwalk meets the beach [01:53.04] [01:54.10]Where the prettiest of the maidulas [01:55.83] [01:56.63]Leave their legprints in that sand [01:58.77] [01:59.73]Just beneath our lovesoaked boardwalk [02:01.56] [02:02.74]With the bravest of our lads [02:04.52] [02:05.41]But there's never been a mermaid here [02:08.49]On Mermaid Avenue [02:10.18] [02:10.97]No I've never seen a mermaid here [02:14.17]On Mermaid Avenue [02:15.86] [02:16.74]I've seen hags and wags and witches [02:19.06] [02:19.89]And I've seen a shark or two [02:21.54] [02:22.49]My five years that I've lived along [02:25.75]Old Mermaid's Avenue [02:27.31] [02:28.15]It's five years that we've lived along [02:30.90] [02:31.69]Old Mermaid's Avenue [02:33.14] [02:59.62]Mermaid Avenue that's the street [03:02.79]Where all colors of goodfolks meet [03:04.70] [03:05.69]Where the smokefish meets the pretzel [03:07.58] [03:08.61]Where the borscht sounds like the seas [03:10.37] [03:11.29]This is where hot Mexican Chili [03:13.17] [03:14.13]Meets Chop Suey and meatballs sweet [03:16.21] [03:16.91]Mermaid Avenue she's a nervous jerk [03:19.70] [03:20.49]But still she's hard to beat [03:21.80] [03:25.41]But there's never been a mermaid here [03:28.50]On Mermaid Avenue [03:30.09] [03:30.94]No I've never seen a mermaid here [03:34.14]On Mermaid Avenue [03:35.66] [03:36.62]I've seen hags and wags and witches [03:38.94] [03:39.87]And I've seen a shark or two [03:41.50] [03:42.34]My five years that I've lived along [03:45.09] [03:45.63]Old Mermaid's Avenue [03:47.00] [03:48.08]Is five years that we've lived along [03:50.90] [03:51.66]Old Mermaid's Avenue [03:52.81] [03:54.02]But there's never been a mermaid here [03:57.09]On Mermaid Avenue [03:58.32] [03:59.58]No I've never never seen a mermaid here [04:02.78]On Mermaid Avenue [04:04.44] [04:05.30]I've seen hags and wags and witches [04:07.57] [04:08.38]And I've seen a shark or two [04:10.15] [04:10.99]My five years that I've lived along [04:13.65] [04:14.23]Old Mermaid's Avenue [04:15.82] [04:16.68]Is five years that we've lived along [04:19.45] [04:20.00]Old Mermaid's Avenue