James Hersch - On the Sidewalk Lyrics

Wax will melt when a candle burns
A time will come when a young man yearns
To take off on his own to find his way
I see a cold California day
We took a ride in your chevrolet
We left the top down driving uptown Hollywood
To make our play
You'd written a song that I could sing
About looking in the mirror and imagining
What living on our dreams would feel like
The glory our plans would bring

And are they still singing their songs
For nickels and dimes
Down on Venice Beach
I speak of their fortune and their fame
Lies just beyond their reach
Oh Andy, I still searching for
The song I said I'd write
But until I do this one's for you
On the sidewalk here tonight

I sang last night for a crowd of eight
Three left early, one said I was great
And four, I guess I'll never know
But Andy, I know you'd have understood
On the concrete down there in Hollywood
Playing for the dollar in a stranger's hand
That's all you've ever known
Now we can sing for a curtain call
We can sing to the back wall
We can sing for ourselves
We can sing for no one at all

And are they still singing their songs
For nickels and dimes
Down on Venice Beach
I speak of our fortune and their fame
Lies just beyond our reach
Oh Andy, I still searching for
The song I said I'd write
But until I do this one's for you
On the sidewalk here tonight
On the sidewalk here tonight
Out on the sidewalk here tonight