And the wind kicks up in the smell of rain
And the kids are gone but the souls remain
(Smell of rain)
Like underage cops on a beat
Of America on this street
River rain will clean the stain and
Fireman's Monument
Now the kids are gone but their souls remain
And the kids are gone but the souls remain
That was the place where all the
All of us hanging here
(Smell of rain)
And the wind kicks up with the smell of rain
Zephyr & I sort out our
(Souls remain)
Fatherless teenagers went
"Do you remember"
(Walls retain)
Wash away, wash away downstream
Well, the wind kicks up in the smell of rain
This was a youth mall
The graffiti's gone and the walls complain
The graffiti goes but the walls retain
Long term memories
In spring the tide in riverside will
(Walls retain)
Wash away the cold and frozen
Talking about the things that
All of us used to do
And the flowers go but the earth must still remain
Out on the corner by the
He says, "The 1970's?"
(Souls remain)