Soap box preacher standing on a And all the people they gather round You speak of faith a blaze of glory But those that fear, wanna knock you down
knows where you live Where do you go in the naked All of the prophets, they come you can hear your lonesome cry
When you're out there in the night all When staring in the light at the end of the road
In proud shoes, coming on up the alley In those proud shoes, walks all the sky Then he tipped his hat like Don Quixote And said, "Don't let the pass you by"
Heard a bugle blowing in the misty What a sound over Times Square Heard of the of 52nd Street Looked out the but no one was there
Out in the cold Harlem I went searching for this man Played me a song to ease the With the Salvation Army
When you're out there on the all alone When you're in the park at the end of the road
In proud shoes, coming on up the alley In those proud shoes, all over the sky Then he tipped his hat just like Don And said, "Don't let the rapture you by"
In the neon wilderness and the asphalt He carries his of passion Through the wreckage and the
In proud shoes, coming on up the alley In those proud shoes, walks all the sky Then he tipped his hat like Don Quixote And said, "Don't let the rapture, don't let the rapture you by let it pass you by Ooh, don't let it you by"