Castanets

One night as it got dark
Not far from Central Park
I met a girl on the street in a Spanish dress
There on the cold cement
Outside her tenement
She smiled and I heard castanets

As she smiled at me
I reached out tenderly
To see if she was real or only a dream
I touched her jet black hair
And right then and there
We kissed and I heard castanets

The stars fell down on Spanish Harlem
And the traffic groans became a lullaby

Now each and every day
I dream the time away
I can't wait 'til the sun begins to set
'Cause when the sun goes down
That's when I'll head uptown
To my girl and the sound of castanets

The stars fell down on Spanish Harlem
And the traffic groans became a lullaby

Now each and every day
I dream the time away
I can't wait 'til the sun begins to set
'Cause when the sun goes down
That's when I'll head uptown
To my girl and the sound of castanets