On The Streets Alone
from Florence Road E.P. by Champion Jim
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lyrics
Don't try to judge me man you can't understand
How the walls of this city can worm hate into a man
Now I'll take all you down,
I'll throw my shirt in the wet and the dirt 'cus I'm
On the streets alone.
I see a girl on a stool in a window
Playing fiddle with her boyfriend
O how I wish I was there instead of him
O how I wish I was better company
On the streets alone.
I had a job up in Letterkenny
November 1985
Well I slipped, fell and shattered my ribs
Dragged my bones all the way home
And it was not the thought of my woman
Nor the need for her embrace
That kept me crawling through the piss and the rain
Twenty miles away
And it was not the taste of her whiskey
And it was not her rum
It was the fear of dying all alone
On the road to Ballyutogue.
So take a step back mister
Take a step back now,
And take one look into the eyes of a warrior.
On the streets alone.
Let me tell you something kid
Some day you're gonna be a star
You're gonna sing you're song to all the people
Let 'em know how things really are
Behind the mask of society
That holds us all in place
You're gonna be a star someday kid
You're gonna blow 'em all away
And I'll be on the streets alone.
How the walls of this city can worm hate into a man
Now I'll take all you down,
I'll throw my shirt in the wet and the dirt 'cus I'm
On the streets alone.
I see a girl on a stool in a window
Playing fiddle with her boyfriend
O how I wish I was there instead of him
O how I wish I was better company
On the streets alone.
I had a job up in Letterkenny
November 1985
Well I slipped, fell and shattered my ribs
Dragged my bones all the way home
And it was not the thought of my woman
Nor the need for her embrace
That kept me crawling through the piss and the rain
Twenty miles away
And it was not the taste of her whiskey
And it was not her rum
It was the fear of dying all alone
On the road to Ballyutogue.
So take a step back mister
Take a step back now,
And take one look into the eyes of a warrior.
On the streets alone.
Let me tell you something kid
Some day you're gonna be a star
You're gonna sing you're song to all the people
Let 'em know how things really are
Behind the mask of society
That holds us all in place
You're gonna be a star someday kid
You're gonna blow 'em all away
And I'll be on the streets alone.
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from Florence Road E.P.,
released May 25, 2011
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