“Your street, rich street or poor
Used to always be sure, on your street
There's a place in your heart you know from the start
Can't be complete outside of the street
Keep moving on through the joy and the pain
Sometimes you got to look back
To the street again
Would you prefer all those castles in Spain?
Or the view of your street from your window pane?”

—  Van Morrison

The Street Only Knew Your Name
Song lyrics, Inarticulate Speech of the Heart (1983)

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