Lyrics
Hey, uh... sorry it's late. Just walked past the old O'Malley's on Front Street.
They tore it down. Yeah. Some kinda mixed-use, market-rate nonsense.
The air still smells like fryer grease though, if you really try.
Figured you... you should know. Or maybe not.
[Chorus]
That corner was zoned just for me and you.
Now my memory's under eminent domain.
They bought the air rights to our afternoon.
And I'm trespassing every time I say your name.
[Verse 2]
Remember the bar top, sticky from a decade of spilled lager?
And the El train rattling the highball glasses on the shelf?
You said, "this whole place is a public nuisance." And you laughed.
Guess the city planning commission heard you for itself.
[Chorus]
That corner was zoned just for me and you.
Now my memory's under eminent domain.
They bought the air rights to our afternoon.
And I'm trespassing every time I say your name.
[Bridge]
Look, I know this call is a variance request, ten years too late.
But I saw the chalk line where the new curb's gonna be.
[Outro]
Anyway. Guess you can't stop a redevelopment plan.
Talk to you... whenever.
About Teddy Penderly
Teddy Penderly was supposed to compose symphonies. After a fiery exit from the Curtis Institute of Music, the North Philadelphia native found his real education behind the bar of a downtown cocktail lounge. It's there, listening to the city's late-night confessions, that he crafts his lush, orchestral soul music. These songs, written on a Wurlitzer in his Fishtown basement, are for anyone who's…
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