Taxi Stand on Marigold Street

Lyrics

Two of us at the taxi stand
One cab and a drizzle of rain
You said, go ahead, take it
I said, I'm in no hurry again
The meter was ticking on someone
Else's long way home
But we stood there like we'd planned it
Neither of us alone

Let the cab go by on Marigold Street
Let it carry somebody else
We've got an awning and a streetlamp
And a good song of our own
Let the cab go by on Marigold Street
There's a whole night left to spend
If you're waiting for the right ride
Maybe it's walking with a friend

You asked me what I do for work
I said I play for room
You laughed and said you fix the clocks
In the old hotel on Broome
Then we talked about the hours
How they bend and how they run
How the best ones never ask you
What you've done or what you've done

Let the cab go by on Marigold Street
Let it carry somebody else
We've got an awning and a streetlamp
And a good song of our own
Let the cab go by on Marigold Street
There's a whole night left to spend
If you're waiting for the right ride
Maybe it's walking with a friend

Another cab slows down
The driver tips his hat
We wave him on together
And we both smile at that

So we walk, we walk the long way
Past the shuttered bakery
Your shoulder at my shoulder
And the rain just let us be
I'll never tell the taxi
What it missed on Marigold Street
But I'll hum it to the pavement
In a slow and happy beat

Let the cab go by on Marigold Street
Let it carry somebody else
We've got an awning and a streetlamp
And a good song of our own
Let the cab go by on Marigold Street
There's a whole night left to spend
If you're waiting for the right ride
Maybe it's walking with a friend

Let it go by, let it go by
Marigold Street, goodnight