Telegraph Road 1977 & 2024

Lady with her dogs, living in a doorway
On Telegraph Road
What have you seen? What happened to you?
What led you this way?

You find yourself in Berkeley
The Golden Gate Bridge extends before your feet
Well, it's a complicated place
These hills, those millions who walk on through
But nowhere for you

And I guess that San Francisco's a lonely city
And you lost your life somewhere
Maybe on Broadway, maybe some other street
And I guess that San Francisco's a lonely city
And you lost your life somewhere
Maybe on Broadway, maybe some other street

And maybe it's not this city
That brought you to this day
Could have been Chicago, perhaps L.A.
What sights? What loves? What pains?

I wonder, lady, what's your history?
Could have been some roses along the way or strange mysteries
That led you to this doorway
Oh, with only your dogs for company

And I guess that San Francisco's a lonely city
And you lost your life somewhere
Maybe on Broadway, maybe some other street
And I guess that San Francisco's a lonely city
And you lost your life somewhere
Maybe on Broadway, maybe some other street

So decades flew right on by
Fast-forward, now I'm singing my father's words about you
Luck brought me through your town, it's built on big ideas and power
But the streets are still lined with those who call 'em "home"
And maybe always will
I wonder to your name, your face, your fate forever in my mind
Sat with your dogs up there on Telegraph Road