"Boulevard of Broken Dreams"--a Teen Drama Queen!

I was in my very early teens--it was evening--I had been walking up and down in front of the bar for about 2 hours--finally got the nerve to walk in--I knew it was a gay bar--knew I looked older but had phony ID just in case--the huge jukebox stood in the middle of the floor--on one side was the bar and the other side was a place with stools along the wall--on the jukebox Tony Bennett was singing "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams"--here I was just starting out (no pun intended) and I thought the song was referring to my future! (Oh, the drama!)
The place was crowded and I worked my way up to the bar and ordered a frozen daiquiri--in a bar that all the men were drinking beer and shots! Well, I started my bar career off giving the bartender (and patrons) a big laugh--the bartender always reminded me of that when I became a regular customer---and never forgetting this song!



Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
Tony Bennett
I walk along the street of sorrow
The boulevard of broken dreams
Where gigolo and gigolette
Can take a kiss without regret
So they forget their broken dreams

You laugh tonight and cry tomorrow
When you behold your shattered schemes
Gigolo and gigolette
Wake up to find their eyes are wet
With tears that tell of broken dreams

Here is where you'll always find me
Always walking up and down
But I left my soul behind me
In an old cathedral town

The joy that you find here you borrow
You cannot keep it long it seems
Gigolo and gigolette
Still sing a song and dance along
The boulevard of broken dreams

Here is where you'll always find me
Always walking up and down
For I left my soul behind me
In an old cathedral town

The joy that you find here you borrow
You cannot keep it long it seems
But gigolo and gigolette
Still sing a song and dance along
The boulevard of broken dreams