Harvard Square Lyrics

Harvard Square Harvard Square on any given summer night is a potpourri of diverse street performers hustling for coins and acclaim offered by the crowds the people who traverse the square in search of entertainment and amusement jugglers, mimes, magicians and musicians of all persuasions plying their trade
on the streets and bringing the square alive in a vivid mosaic of sight and sound the performers often choose a storefront or alleyway that adds a visual dimension to the act
they are presenting in the foyer of the Harvard Coop a quintet of musicians serves up ragtime evoking carefree hedonistic memories with its high-arched [ From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/harvard-square-lyrics-david-gray.html ] columned facade and its window dressing of crew-necked sweaters and LaCoste shirts the Coop conjures up images of Gatsby-esque splendor and decadence youths dancing to the music furtively sipping from their flasks a lone saxophonist cool and distant blows his blue notes in the doorway of Jasmines a fashionable boutique where punk mannequins model the latest designer fashions the jaded intellects sit in the Au Bon Pain Cafe eating croissants drinking Perrier and reading the latest edition of The New York Times passing the spot where the Wurst House used to be i hear the medieval haunting strings of the dulcimer which causes lovers to draw closer impervious to the vast shuffle around them oh, my beloved Harvard Square it is without a doubt the best entertainment bargain in town Elizabeth