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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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On the streets of New York
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city when the hour was getting
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There were young men armed with knives and guns,
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young men armed with hateAnd Lou Marsh stepped between them and died there in his tracks
For one man is no army when
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the city turns it s back
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Now the streets are empty,
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now the streets are dark
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So keep an eye on shadows
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and never pass the park
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For the city is a jungle when
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the law is out of sight
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An d death lurks in El Barrio with the
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orphans of the night
Verse 2
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He left behind a chamber of a
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church he served so long
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For he learned the prayers of distant
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men will never right the wrongs
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His church became an alley and his
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pulpit was the street
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He made his congregation from the boys he used
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to meet
Interlude 1
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Verse 3
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There were two gangs approaching
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in spanish Harlem town
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The smell of blood was in the air,
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the challenge was laid down
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He felt their blinding hatred,
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and he tried to save their lives
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And the answer that they gave him was their fists and feet
Interlude 2
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Verse 4
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Will Lou Marsh lie forgotten in his
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Will his memory still linger on,
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in those he tried to save?
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All of us who knew him will now
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and then recall
And shed a tear on poverty,
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tombstone of us all
Outro 1
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