The Fourth Ward Next Door

Lyrics

[Intro]
Just across the street.
Our sister in the brick and the trees.

[Verse 1]
Look down the avenue, the shadow shifts
The old Sears tower catching the sun's tricks
Since 1926 they laid the red brick high
Now Ponce City Market is touching the skyline
Step a little south where the water runs deep
Historic Fourth Ward Park, where the herons sleep
Concrete bowls and the green grass banks
Where the city stops to give a little thanks

[Chorus]
Oh, the Fourth Ward next door, right across the line
Where history and tomorrow intertwine
From the BeltLine walkers to the avenue gleam
You’re the closest kin, the cradle of the dream
Yeah, the Old Fourth Ward is keeping the glow
Looking over the boundary, welcome home

[Verse 2]
Walk down to 501 Auburn Avenue
The yellow Queen Anne where the history moves
Born in 1929, the heart of the block
Every front porch swing, the grandfather clock
You can feel the vibration in the Sweet Auburn wind
A legacy of love that we all pull in
It’s a festival blooming just over the curb
A beautiful noise from a mockingbird

[Chorus]
Oh, the Fourth Ward next door, right across the line
Where history and tomorrow intertwine
From the BeltLine walkers to the avenue gleam
You’re the closest kin, the cradle of the dream
Yeah, the Old Fourth Ward is keeping the glow
Looking over the boundary, welcome home

[Bridge]
We’re singing on our side, you’re dancing on yours
With open windows and unlocked doors
No walls between us, just a painted crosswalk
And a lifetime of stories when the old trees talk

[Outro]
So here’s to the neighbor, the water and the wood
The best kind of kin in the brotherhood
Across Ponce de Leon, we’re waving a hand
Fourth Ward, you’re the finest in the land
Even when the traffic light on the corner catches us slow.