Poco Down In The Quarter

Down in the quarter past anybody's bedtime

Anybody anywhere who was halfway out his mind

I was sittin' in a Rock and Roll bar

Down from another just on up the line

I was talkin' with a new found friend

Who lived his life on river time

He was holdin' my attention

I could almost hear the sound

How he ran on the Mississippi

On a tug from the up and down

He was rollin' like the river

Could have gone all night and day

But I caught myself in mid-turn

And I never looked away

Could it ever happen again

Time awaiting the answer then

Lost and found in the city, New Orleans

Questions in her dark eyes

I felt she already knew

The answers bringing no surprise

Like a Spanish moon

She was grown up on the music

I could only hear at home

When she spoke on of the song I sang

And how it made her feel so much less alone

Pickin' out the pictures the tune brought into mind

How it came to me that all along

The song was hers for all time

Could it ever happen again

Time awaiting the answer then

Down in the quarter, New Orleans

Down in the quarter, New Orleans

Down in the quarter, New Orleans

Down in the quarter, New Orleans

Walkin' on a crowded way

Walkin' on a crowded way