The Amorous Humphrey Plugg

[Verse 1]

Hello, Mr. Big Shot

Say, you're lookin' smart

I've had a tiring day, I took the kids along to the park

You've become a stranger

Every night, with the boys, got a new suit

That old smile's come back

And I kiss the children good night

And I slip away on the newly waxed floor

[Verse 2]

I've become a giant

I fill every street

I dwarf the rooftops, I hunchback the moon

Stars dance at my feet

Leave it all behind me

Screaming kids on my knee

And the telly swallowing me

And the neighbor shouting next door

And the subway trembling the roller-skate floor

[Chorus]

I seek the buildings blazing with moonlight

In Channing Way

Their very eyes seem to suck you in with their laughter

They seem to say

"You're all right now

So stop a while behind our smile

In Channing Way"

[Verse 3]

Oh, to die of kisses

Ecstasies and charms

Pavements of poets will write that I died in nine angel's arms

And they all were smiling

Still seductive as sin in their eyes

The man I had been

No more hard-luck stories to wear

Nothing left to give, why the hell should I care?

[Chorus]

Ann owns my smile and Mary's my shadow

In Channing Way

And with her cellophane sighs, Celina, the candles

Begs me to stay

"You're all right now

So stop a while behind our smile

In Channing Way"