MYSTERY STREET
Lyrics & Music by Steve Haggard.
Publisher: Golden Harp Music (BMI). All Rights Reserved.
 
"Mystery Street" is about a big white house. It's a real house, in a real place, although not all of the details are strictly factual. For instance, the real house has three gables, but the house in the song has seven gables. That's poetic license, I guess. Also, there may or may not be "a ghost or two". Maybe there are no ghosts at all, maybe there are three or four. That's in the eye of the beholder.  Or in this case, in the ear of the listener. -Steve H. 

1)  I've been workin' on a song / about a place I've never been
Except in my dreams / over and over again 
It's on a tree-lined street / in the quiet part of town
Steamboat whistle off the river / is just about the only sound
I'll be headin' there tomorrow / so if you'd like to meet 
Come see me on Mystery Street  

2)  It's a big white house / built in Eighteen Ninety-Five 
It's got a soul of its own / you'd almost swear that it's alive  
It's got seven gables / and a ghost or two  
But don't mess with them / and they won't bother you
I'll be packin' my bags tonight / and beatin' my retreat
Down to Mystery Street   

3)  When the moon is full / we'll get out our guitars
And drink some wine / beneath a blanket of stars  
We'll sing the old sad songs / play some down-home blues 
Hell, we might even tell / Tchaikovsky the news 
Where the clubs and the diamonds / and the spades and the hearts / all meet
I'm talkin' 'bout Mystery Street  

4)  I've been thinkin' too much / but that's nothin' new
For better or worse / that's just what I do  
I've got it all figured out / or maybe I don't 
I'm gonna win you over / or maybe I won't 
Either way, darlin' / I'll keep this short but sweet 
Come up and see me sometime / on Mystery Street
 
"Mystery Street" appears on the Steve Haggard album Haint Blue. Available on Wild Oats Records (OAT-718)