Donnie Iris - Back On The Streets lyrics

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I dig the sound of the old street cars<br />

Hooker's perfume and the shabby bars<br />

That old cop who busted me<br />

Never forgot my name<br />

I dig the summer and the sticky sheets<br />

The traffic and the litter and the jukebox beats<br />

The night winds stir the old ghosts<br />

And they haunt those less likely <br />

They cry out loud and sound their warning<br />

Your legends won't survive the morning light<br />

They try<br />

Back on the streets<br />

Back on the streets<br />

Now over in the corner stands Louie's Bar<br />

The names have all been changed<br />

And Louie's pictures in the frame<br />

Back on the streets<br />

He's in the hall of fame<br />

So there you have your legends boy<br />

Agnes lives alone on 42nd street<br />

Badgered by a fat man's memory<br />

Back on the streets<br />

She won't get too far<br />

Gettin' riddled in the dark<br />

She cry's out loud and sounds a warning<br />

Her memory won't survive the morning light<br />

Oh but she tries<br />

Back on the streets<br />

Back on the streets<br />

In a world that's sometimes cold<br />

Where all is bought and sold<br />

Like clothes we outgrow<br />

Oh love is patient and it's kind<br />

It never looks behind<br />

Or changes it's mind<br />

Oh but they try<br />

Back on the streets<br />

Back on the streets<br />

They die<br />

Oh how they lie<br />

Back on the streets<br />

Back on the streets<br />

Back on the streets they die<br />

Oh how they try<br />

Back on the streets<br />

Back on the streets<br />

They lie they lie they lie they lie