on Clinton Street

when I lived on Clinton Street

times were good and rent was cheap

we were young and we were in love

the world shone its light on me

for all the other folks to see

we both agreed that love was enough

we were young and foolish then

not knowing if it would come again

we lived each day as if it were our last

adulthood stood in front of us

but we ignored it just because

we couldn't see that time was rushing past

time stood still in front of me

when I lived on Clinton Street

when I lived on Clinton Street

life was good enough to eat

the world was my playground every day

of course, that's not really true

there were some times I'd feel blue

but, I swear, it felt the other way

with adventure knocking on the door

no taking sides or keeping score

with love the biggest gamble of them all

but it didn't feel like that back then

we played a game of let's pretend

we never dreamed that we would fall

to an end so incomplete

when I lived on Clinton Street

when I lived on Clinton Street

a time I never will repeat

I didn't worry about the days to come

all the joy began to fade

and we were just a masquerade

we never saw what we would become

life goes on and people grow

to do what, I will never know

you're more cautious the older you become

I do not where you went

but to me you were heaven sent

you let me know my childhood was done

still I miss the times we used to meet

when I lived on Clinton Street