Washington Square

From Cape Cod to the Mississippi, to San Francisco Bay

They're talking about this famous place, down Greenwich Village way

So I got my banjo out, just sittin' and catchin' dust

And painted right across the case : "Greenwich Village or Bust"

My folks were sad to see me go, but I got no meanin' there

So I said, "Goodbye Kansas, Mo, and hello Washington Square"

Near Tennessee, I met a guy who played twelve-string guitar

He also had a mighty voice, not to mention a car

Each time he hit those bluegrass chords, you sure smelled mountain air

I said, "Don't waste it on the wind. Come on to Washington Square"

She sang for all humanity, this girl with raven hair

I said, "It's for the world to hear. Come on to Washington Square"

We cannonballed into New York on good old US 1

Till up ahead we saw the arch, a gleamin' bright in the sun

So how's about a freedom song, or the Old Rock Island Line ?

Or how's about the dust-bowl crop, or men who work in a mine?