Washington Square

Cape Cod Light to Mississip to San Francisco Bay

They're talking bout this famous place down Greenwich Village way

So I got my banjo out just sitting catching dust

And painted right across the face Greenwich Village or Bust

My folks were sad to see me go but I got no meaning there

So said Goodbye Kansas Mo and hello Washington Square

Tennessee I met a guy who played 12 string guitar

He also had a mighty voice not to mention a car

Each time he hit those bluegrass chords you sure smelled mountain air

I said Don't waste it on the wind Come on to Washington Square

She sang for all humanity this gal with raven hair

I said It's for the world to hear

C'mon to Washington Square

Cannonballed into New York on good old US 1

Till up ahead we saw the arch a gleaming bright in the sun

So how's about a freedom song or the old Rock Island Line

Or how's about the dust bowl crop or men who work in a mine