Soap box preacher standing on a And all the people they would round You speak of faith a blaze of glory But those that fear, wanna knock you down
Nobody where you live Where do you go in the night? All of the prophets, they come you They can hear your cry
When you're out there in the night all When you're staring in the light at the end of the
In proud shoes, coming on up the alley In proud shoes, walks all over the sky Then he tipped his hat like Don Quixote And said, "Don't let the rapture you by"
Heard a bugle in the misty morning What a haunting sound over Times Heard of the of 52nd Street Looked out the door but no one was
Out in the cold Harlem I went for this minstrel man Played me a song to the pain the Salvation Army Band
When you're out on the dark all alone you're sleeping in the park at the end of the road
In those proud shoes, on up the alley In those shoes, walks all over the sky Then he his hat just like Don Quixote And said, "Don't let the rapture you by"
In the neon wilderness and the jungle He carries his of passion Through the wreckage and the
In those proud shoes, coming on up the In those proud shoes, all over the sky Then he tipped his hat just like Don 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"