Spanish Harlem
(Jerry Leiber & Phil Spector)
There is a rose in Spanish Harlem,
a red rose up in Spanish Harlem.
It is a special one, it's never
seen the sun,
It only comes out when the moon
is on the run and all the stars are gleaming.
It's growing in the street right
up through the concrete
but soft and sweet and dreaming.
There is a rose in Spanish Harlem,
a red rose up in Spanish Harlem,
with eyes as black as coal that
look down in my soul,
And start a fire there and then
I lose control, I have to beg your pardon,
I'm going to pick that rose and
watch her as she grows in my garden.