Back to Sunday School Again ... [ Up On 110th Again ]

[Verse 1] Left the rent notice Folded on the fridge Steam from the sidewalk Climbs like a prayer Corner store radio Bleeding through the air Kids pitch dice By the busted wheelchair Mama at the window Talking to the sky Saying “Baby Bring something Better ‘fore I die” I kiss her on the forehead Promise I’ll try But my feet know the truth When they wander outside [Chorus] Up on 110th again Where the struggle meets the hope like a long-lost friend Faces that remember when But we still dress the pain up in a Sunday grin Up on 110th again Where the struggle meets the hope like a long-lost friend [Verse 2] Old man on the fire escape Humming through the smoke Eyes like yellowed pages Every word he spoke “You carry all this concrete Right inside your chest Learn to lay it down Son Just to get some rest” Streetlight on the payphone Halo on the wire Your name in my pocket Burns like a choir I dial Then I hang up Let the silence ring Let the city sing the parts I can’t ever sing [Chorus] [Bridge] [low vocal register] Brownstone shadows Calling me back Every cracked brick Knows what I lack [falsetto Soft] But a soft hand finds me In the crowd’s slow spin Says “You’re more than every loss That brought you here again” [Chorus]