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