Soap box preacher on a corner And all the people would gather round You speak of faith with a of glory But those that fear, they wanna you down
Nobody where you live Where do you go in the naked All of the prophets, they come you They can your lonesome cry
When you're out there in the all alone When you're staring in the light at the end of the
In those proud shoes, coming on up the In those proud shoes, walks all the sky he tipped his hat just like Don Quixote And said, "Don't let the rapture you by"
Heard a blowing in the misty morning What a haunting sound over Square Heard of the ghost of 52nd Looked out the but no one was there
Out in the cold Harlem I went searching for minstrel man me a song to ease the pain With the Salvation Band
When you're out there on the all alone When sleeping in the park at the end of the road
In those proud shoes, on up the alley In those proud shoes, all over the sky Then he tipped his hat just Don Quixote And said, "Don't let the rapture you by"
In the neon wilderness and the asphalt He carries his of passion Through the and the rumble
In proud shoes, coming on up the alley In proud shoes, walks all over the sky Then he tipped his hat just Don Quixote And said, "Don't let the rapture, don't let the pass you by let it pass you by Ooh, let it pass you by"