rapper standing on the corner wrappers flying in the wind waitress up from alabama can t believe the cold she s in and me i m sitting in my castle on the verge of a divorce and if i haven t got a hassle i ll create my own of course still i gotta live with my feelings but i know about science too and fame and death and money and what they do to you and i am gonna need a miracle i am gonna need a miracle i am gonna need a miracle tonight on avenue b i bought about a hundred candles i m burnin em both night and day i m sleepin when i should be eatin cryin when i should be gay my girlfriend s warm and loves me she s knockin but she can t get in i m a product of the paranoia of the age i m in and i am gonna need a miracle i m really gonna need a miracle i m really gonna need a miracle tonight on avenue b i see the students out my window they re walking in their student clothes eatin books and information to make their understanding grow well but this much i understand it s hard to be an empty man but since i gave em every part of me i ain t free and i am gonna need a miracle i am gonna need a miracle i am gonna need a miracle tonight on avenue b