KIRSTY MACCOLL - Walking Down Madison lyrics
rate me(kirsty maccoll/johnny marr)<br>Walking down madison - I swear I never had a gun<br>No I never shot no-one - I was only having fun<br>Walking down madison - swear I never had a gun<br>I was philosophizing some<br>Checking out the bums<br><br>See you give 'em your nickels, your pennies and dimes<br>But you can't give 'em hope in these mercenary times, oh no<br>And you feel real guilty about the coat on your back<br>And the sandwich you had, oh no<br><br>From an uptown apartment to a knife on the a train<br>It's not that far<br>From the sharks in the penthouse to the rats in the basement<br>It's not that far<br>To the bag lady frozen asleep in the park<br>Oh no it's not that far<br>Would you like to see some more? <br>I can show you if you'd like to<br><br>Walking down madison - I swear I never had a gun<br>No I never shot no-one - wouldn't do it just for fun<br>Walking down madison - trying to keep my head screwed on<br>I was philosophizing some<br>Checking out the nuns<br><br>When you get to the corner don't look at those freaks<br>Keep your head down low and stay quick on your feet, oh yeah<br>The beaming boy from harlem with the airforce coat<br>The ones who died<br>The ones who tried<br>The ones that sit and gloat<br><br>From an uptown apartment to a knife on the a train<br>It's not that far<br>From the sharks in the penthouse to the rats in the basement<br>It's not that far<br>To the bag lady frozen asleep on the church steps<br>It's not that far<br>Would you like to see some more? <br>I can show you if you'd like to<br><br>Within every city and town there's a madison<br>Frozen lives for whom nothing's happening<br>Hungry children is a mother's dilemma<br>Dumpster diving to feed her baby emma<br>So you walk on by like it doesn't affect you<br>The held out hand that you pay no respect to<br>Nickels and dimes won't even buy your guilt<br>Another wino burnt to death in his quilt<br>It's a cardboard city, newspaper metropolis<br>The system can't cope or keep on top of this<br>The authorities come as you're not for display<br>Do they solve the problem no they move him away<br>They're in a vicious circle of no fixed abode<br>The social won't pay 'em the money they're owed<br>When you've got no money you can't pay rent<br>Hypothermia kills 'cos the system is bent<br><br>From an uptown apartment to a knife on the a train<br>It's not that far<br>From the sharks in the penthouse to the rats in the basement<br>It's not that far<br>To the bag lady frozen asleep in the park<br>Oh no it's not that far<br>Would you like to see some more? <br>I can show you if you'd like to<br><br>From an uptown apartment to a knife on the a train<br>It's not that far<br>From the sharks in the penthouse to the rats in the basement<br>It's not that far<br>To the bag lady frozen asleep on the church steps<br>It's not that far<br>Would you like to see some more? <br>I can show you if you'd like to<br><br>In the subway sits a vacuous man<br>His grip on life is a bent tin can<br>It's a holy shrine where he burns his light<br>It makes things easy and removes his plight<br>For an hour or two but he can't escape<br>They're all penned in with government tape<br>There are good samaritans who bring the soup<br>The sally army with their bibles and boots<br>You can see yourself as it's not too far<br>One short trip you don't who they are<br>Till the night comes then it all comes back<br>Like the smell of patchouli and the armies of rats<br>It's a shame to be human it's a human shame<br>It seems we've forgotten we're one and the same
