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SHADYSIDE

Climbing up on Squirrel Hill on the shady side of the street
There’s a girl up there I’ve just gotta see
She’s the sunshine in my mind--she’s the peace I hope to find
But she doesn’t want to see me

So I’ll sleep out in the leaves amongst the birds, beetles, and bees
And watch the light shine down from her room
Cuz like Romeo in his gloom she is Juliet she is the moon
What yonder light shines down on me?

And like every breath you take and every move you make
Like the thorn that twists in your side
I’m waiting here on the Shadyside

And so it goes until the dew’s descending
The signals that I’m sending just don’t reach the mark
I’m a lark out in the meadow singing
Just dreaming of what I could be bringing her in the dark

I spent the night on Squirrel Hill and tested every limit of my will
I picked up rocks to throw at her window
I tried yelling out her name--I tried throwing away all my shame
But it still comes down to the same game
She only lets me a little way in; she makes me think of all my sin
But I’ll just keep coming back again and again and again and again and…
Someday it’s all gonna end--someday I tell ya my friend
I’m gonna get right up and walk on back down that hill
But not tonight

Cuz like every breath she takes and like every move she makes
Like the thorn that twists in my side
I’m waiting here on the Shadyside

And so it goes until the dew’s descending
The signals that I’m sending just don’t reach the mark
I’m a lark out in the meadow singing
Just dreaming of what I could be bringing her in the dark

She’s on the Shadyside
She’s on the shady side