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Buddha on the Bowery


Walk in a rice shoe
You do what you do
At night by a streetlight
See what's in your sight
He has alot of things to do tonight

No bamboo tree
Corner of Delancy
There's garbage on fire
Ragman for hire
He's washing windows
While you're waiting for the light

Through the traffic flow
You go where you go
Into a doorway
You go your way
Hey, hey, hey

There in the alley
You see what you see
A stray street cat
Livin' like that
Does that cat have the buddha nature?
Buddha on the Bowery

Aum
Hey, hey, hey

Concrete pillow
Dream in a bottle
Is this what you meant by enlightenment?
Sleeping in the gutter
On the cold hard city cement

And Buddha said
Times are hard


Words and Music by Ken Vogel