Midway Avenue

1935 a starry night
Moonlight on a glassy river
Stretched out on her wooden deck
A boy grows up with the tide

1946 a house
Built strong with a young man’s dreams
Two blocks from the family
Just a mile from the river

And he was the Captain of Midway Avenue
Friends came from all around on Sunday afternoons
Bourbon and orange juice
Stories of their youth
Living in this river town
Living in this river town

Now silence lives in every room
Among the boxed up valuables
Load it all out in a truck
And put a for sale sign up

But you’re still the Captain of Midway Avenue
And I’ll miss you most of all on Sunday afternoons
Bourbon and orange juice
Stories of their youth
Living in this river town
Living in this river town