Magdalene Lane [Live]
Don McLean

The angels are lost in the city of stars
Wise men are down on their knees
And the Fruitman of Freeway will sell you his cars
When he's sure that you can't find the keys
And the ladies on Magdalene Lane
All worship the sun and the sand
And the migrants who come can't complain
For this is their promised land

MGM studios can't make the nut
They're auctioning Dorothy's shoes
Gable is gone, the good witch is a slut
And I've got the parking-lot blues
The wizard brought benzedrine smiles
And he never let Dorothy doze
Ha- she died as she walked down the aisle
And all that remains is her clothes

Over the rainbow a Kansas tornado
Can twist up a little girl's head
Aunt Em's on relief and the tin man's a thief
And even the wizard can't wake the dead

The prophet has come to the kingdom of lights
But there's no one to listen or learn
And the savior performs for the prophet's delight
While dissenters are banished or burned
And the heretics beg to be heard
But the savior's on tour for the week
Salvation is found in his word
If only he'd learn how to speak!

And Lincoln is laughing with Amos and Andy
Concerning the great Civil War
And Paul Revere sleeps with the worst-looking creeps
While revolution's knocking at his door

Magdalene Lane is the red-light domain
Where everyone's soul is for sale
A piece of your heart will do for a start
You can send us the rest in the mail
For we have our own families to feed
And we can't let them starve just for you
But we'd rather not watch while you bleed
So come back in an hour when you're through

It's just another city full of sorrow
Makes no difference why I came
And I only know I'm leaving here tomorrow
And only the motel man knows my name


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Lyrics by Don McLean

  (Take Me Back to My) Boots and Saddles   1967   A Brand New World   Addicted To Black   Aftermath   Aftermath [*]   Aftermath [#]   American Pie   American Pie [From Algo Casi Perfecto]   American Pie [From Born on the 4th of July]   American Pie [Full Album Version]   American Pie [Long Version]   American Pie [Original Version]   American Pie [Version]   American Pie Pt. 1   American Pie, Pt. 1   American Pie, Pt. 1-2   American Pie, Pts. 1 & 2   American Pie, Pts. 1-2   Among My Souvenirs   Ancient History   And I Love You   And I Love You [Live]   And I Love You So   Angry Words   Babylon   Babylon [Live]   Bad Girl   Believers   Birthday Song   Blue Christmas   Bronco Bill's Lament   Bronco Bill's Lament   Building My Body   Burgundian Carol   Castles In The Air   Castles in the Air (Three Flights Up)   Castles in the Air [Mediarts Version]   Castles in the Air [Millenium Version]   Castles in the Air [Retake]   Chain Lightning   Circus Song   Color TV Blues   Count Your Blessings (Instead of Sheep)   Crazy   Crazy Eyes   Crossroads   Crying   Crying [Original Recording]   Crying In The Chapel   Devil Woman   Did You Know   Don't Burn The Bridge   Don't Burn The Bridge   Dream Lover   Dream Lover [#][*]   Dreidel   Dreidel [Live]   Dreidle   El Paso   Empty Chairs   Every Day   Everybody Loves Me Baby   Everybody Loves Me, Baby   Everyday   Falling Through Time   Fashion Victim   Flight Of Dragons   Fool's Paradise   Fool's Paradise (Single Version)   Fool's Paradise (Single Version)   General Store   Genesis (In The Beginning)   Go Tell It on the Mountain   God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen   Great Big Man   Happy Trails   Have You Seen Me   Headroom   Hit Parade Of Love   Homeless Brother   Hush Little Baby   I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day   I Was Always Young   I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome (Blue & Lonesome Too)   If We Try   If We Try [Slow Version]   If You Could Read My Mind   If You Could Read My Mind [*]   If Youn Could Read My Mind   Infinity   Isn't It Strange   It Came Upon a Midnight Clear   It Doesn't Matter Anymore   It Had to Be You   It Was a Very Good Year   It's A Beautiful Life   It's Just The Sun   It's A Beautiful Life   It's Just The Sun   Jerusalem   Jump   Kaw-Liga   La I Love You   La La I Love You   La La Love You   La Love You   Left For Dead On The Road Of Love   Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!   Little Cowboy   Love Hurts   Love Letters   Love Me   Love Me Tender   Lovers Love The Spring   Lovesick Blues   Magdalene Lane   Maybe Baby   Miss American Pie   Mother Nature   Mother Nature [*]   Mother Nature [#]   Narcisissma   No Reason For Your Dreams   O Little Town Of Bethlehem   Oh My What A Shame   On The Amazon   One In A Row   Orphans Of Wealth   Pretty Paper   Prime Time   Promise To Remember   Raining in My Heart   Respectable   Ribbon of Darkness   Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer   Santa Claus Is Coming to Town   Sea Cruise   Sea Man   Siamese Twins   Siamese Twins (Joined at the Heart)   Silent Night   Since I Don't Have You   Since I Don't Have You   Sister Fatima   Sitting On Top Of The World   Someone to Watch over Me   South of the Border   Stardust   Starry Starry Night   Superman's Ghost   Superman's Ghost   Tapestry   That's All Right   That's All Right   The Birthday Song   The Christmas Song   The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open ...   The Christmas Waltz   The Grave   The More You Pay   The Pattern Is Broken   The Pride Parade   The River of Love   The Story of My Life   The Three Of Us   The Very Thought of You   The Wrong Thing to Do   This Little Girl (Daddy-O)   This Old Man   Three Flights Up   Till the Swelling Goes Down   Till Tomorrow   Timber Trail   Time Goes By   To Have And To Hold   Toyland   Turkey in the Straw [#]   Vincent   Vincent (Starry Starry Night)   Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)   Vincent [Live]   What Will the World Be Like   When a Good Thing Goes Bad   When Love Begins   Where Have All the Flowers Gone?   Where Were You Baby?   White Christmas   Winter Has Me In Its Grip   Winterwood   Wonderful Baby   Wonderful Baby [Live]   Wonderful Night   Words And Music   You Gave Me a Mountain   You Gave Me a Mountain   You Have Lived   You Who Love the Truth   Your Cheatin' Heart   Your Cheatin' Heart   Your Cheating Heart

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