Name: Ballad of Yonge Street
Duration: P00H01M57S
Description: Originally written about meeting a friend of mine for the first time, I changed the lyrics to tell the very basic story of four failed relationships before finally finding my current successful one. Written and recorded in the quickest amount of time of all songs: 34 minutes.

Ballad of Yonge Street

from Stranger on the Subway by Kevin Todd

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Originally written about meeting a friend of mine for the first time, I changed the lyrics to tell the very basic story of four failed relationships before finally finding my current successful one. Written and recorded in the quickest amount of time of all songs: 34 minutes.

lyrics

One... two... three... four...

Met this girl with a' big brown eyes.
Never seen her before but she told me to find her
On Yonge Street, so I went with my ratty shoes.
Makin my way downtown with the Yonge Street Blues

So I met her friend, n' she was quite alright.
But then she went unfaithful to me one night
On Yonge Street, down with my ratty shoes.
Makin my way downtown with the Yonge Street Blues

So I found another, tall, big blues eyes.
Two for three, and now I just cried
On Yonge Street, down with my ratty shoes.
Makin my way downtown with the Yonge Street Blues

N' now at the party, I saw another one.
But she just look up, down, and I'm not the one for her
On Yonge Street, no more ratty shoes.
Makin my way downtown with the Yonge Street Blues

But now I finally found her, she's the one.
No more pretenders, I found quite enough
On Yonge Street, with my ratty shoes.
And she's not hoping for me to find the blues.

With long brown hair and big brown eyes,
and a preaches smile, oh it makes me cry
On Yonge Street, down with my ratty shoes.
Makin my way uptown with the Yonge Street Blues
NO MORE!
She's not hoping for me to find the blues.
I say, she's not hoping for me to find the blues.

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from Stranger on the Subway, released July 9, 2014
Written by Kevin Todd

Vocals: Kevin Todd
Guitar: Kevin Todd

Producer: Kevin Todd

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Kevin Todd Toronto, Ontario

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Toronto Solo Artist

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