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