Corner of Ponce and Highland

Lyrics

[Intro]
Meet me where the blacktop hums a southern sound
Where the heavy summer air is settling down

[Verse 1]
Walk along the pavement while the evening's getting loud
Standing in the middle of a neon-tinted crowd
Slide into a silver booth to leave the day behind
"Food That Pleases" flashing bright since 1929

[Chorus]
Right here at the corner of Ponce and Highland
Our own little concrete, magnolia island
Where the gritty meets the grand, and the asphalt is cracked
There's a hundred years of magic just waiting in the back

[Verse 2]
Look up at the Plaza marquee, shining silver down
While the old Ponce springs run secret through the broken ground
We don't need a map to figure out the route
Just follow the magnolias when the stars come out

[Bridge]
Raise a glass at Manuel's to the people in the room
Laughing through the midnight underneath a paper moon
The misfits and the dreamers, they always find a seat
Watching all the headlights sweeping up the street

[Chorus]
Right here at the corner of Ponce and Highland
Our own little concrete, magnolia island
Where the gritty meets the grand, and the asphalt is cracked
There's a hundred years of magic just waiting in the back

[Outro]
Yeah, we're staying at the corner
The grand and the gritty
The beating heart of this big old city
Watching the taillights fade out toward the east
While the neon flickers...
And the morning just sort of sneaks in.