After All

Barbed wire and black molasses My palms sweat at the sight of it all The low down docks of New Orleans Where they almost trampled my soul Walking alone down 5th Street Just $5 that I saved I tore off my old raincoat And I left behind my name Edith can you see me now Shaking in the cold Well I've gone to meet my brothers Where the Southern meets the Yellow Dog I watched a Harlem sunset Through the cracks in my attic door I still hear the dogs bark in the hall where You marked my height on the wall Don't give up on me father I'm just out here making sense of it all Is there anyone here that can tell me Where the Southern meets the Yellow Dog Is there anyone here that can tell me Where the Southern meets the Yellow Dog