Man there's an opera out on the Turnpike
There's a ballet being fought out in the alley
The best lines of the whole song. Bruce uses such poetic wordplay to describe life. The song touches on all classic Bruce ~ girls, cars, life in general. But this time, in this ballad, something is different as he comes at you in a much more personal level. Putting you right into the story with "The Magic Rat". He makes you want to listen to everything that you've heard time and time again. The way the song flows from the soft ballad into the last verse where he really drives it home "Outside the streets on fire in a real death waltz" is phenomenal.
This is a far too underrated song in general. Nine and a half minutes of greatness. Personal favorite song, too bad you almost never hear it.
Man there's an opera out on the Turnpike There's a ballet being fought out in the alley
The best lines of the whole song. Bruce uses such poetic wordplay to describe life. The song touches on all classic Bruce ~ girls, cars, life in general. But this time, in this ballad, something is different as he comes at you in a much more personal level. Putting you right into the story with "The Magic Rat". He makes you want to listen to everything that you've heard time and time again. The way the song flows from the soft ballad into the last verse where he really drives it home "Outside the streets on fire in a real death waltz" is phenomenal.
This is a far too underrated song in general. Nine and a half minutes of greatness. Personal favorite song, too bad you almost never hear it.