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#9 Prentiss Street

from Pan​-​American Highway by Bill White

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On the corner of second and union
The #9 bus passed me by
2 hours til the next one
And its getting dark outsid
12 miles from home
And im only 8 years old
Guess ill walk up to the embassy
watch another movie til the time goes

#9 Prentiss Street
Turns west on Yesler Way
Then south down Rainier Avenue
And circles round the lake
When i see the yellow grocery store
I ring the bell to stop
Make sure i didnt drop anything
Walk the hill into Bryn Mawr

4th Avenue and Madison
Red brick YMCA
Take the elevator down to the swimming pool
Then up to the gym to play
2 cents for a movie 5 cents for a coke
Costs nothng to watch the old men
Play pool in the cigar smoke

I like the popcorn at Woolworths
And the candy at G. O. Guy
Movie posters in the windows
Of reprographics shop I walk by
But i never get lost
Looking up past the marquees
Space Needle to the North
Smith Tower to the South of me

Then i followed my father
Through the Black Hills into Badlands....
Until i reached the place where childhod ends.....
Running back, the 9 becomes a 7
And never goes to Prentiss Street again

From the top of Queen Anne Hill
I looked down at the fair
Followed the road beneath the monorail
Until i got to who knows where
I took the money my mother gave me
To ride the bus to the YMCA
Bought a ticket to a triple feature
And rode home on the escalator
Through the floors of the bon marche

#9 Prentiss Street
Turns west on Yesler Way
Then south down Rainier Avenue
And circles round the lake
When i see the yellow grocery store
I ring the bell to stop
Make sure i didnt drop anything
Walk the hill into Bryn Mawr

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from Pan​-​American Highway, released May 5, 2019

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