Meet Me On the Corner - Lindisfarne (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)

Meet Me On the Corner (Lindisfarne, 1972). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2023-02-23. "Keeping the Oldies & Classics Alive"

"Meet Me On the Corner," written by the group's bassist Rod Clements, was Lindisfarne's first charting single in the UK and rose to the no. 5 position there; however, the song did not chart in the US (Larkin, 1997; officialcharts, 2023; Whitburn 2013). The song is the opening track to the band's second album "Fog On the Tyne," which hit the no. 1 position in the UK in 1971 (Larkin, 1997). According to Clements, "I wrote the song over two nights. It just came together. The guitar part took me about half-an-hour to put together. Then the following night I came up with the lyrics - again in about half an hour" (D. Morton, chroniclelive, 1 Mar 2022).

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Lyrics:

Hey mister dream seller
Where have you been.
Tell me have you dreams I can see?
I came along, just to bring you this song,
Can you spare one dream for me?

You won't have met me,
And you'll soon forget.
So don't mind me tugging at your sleeve.
I'm asking you,
If I can fix a rendezvous,
For your dreams are all I believe.

Meet me on the corner,
When the lights are coming on,
And I'll be there.
I promise I'll be there.
Down the empty streets,
We'll disappear into the dawn,
If you have dreams enough to share.

Lay down your bundles,
Of rags and reminders,
And spread your wears on the ground.
Well I've got time,
If you're dealing mine,
I'm just hanging around.

Meet me on the corner,
When the lights are coming on,
And I'll be there.
I promise I'll be there.
Down the empty streets,
We'll disappear into the dawn,
If you have dreams enough to share.

Hey mister dream seller,
Where have you been.
Tell me have you dreams I can see?
I came along, just to bring you this song,
Can you spare one dream for me?