Pj Pacifico - This Street lyrics

rate me

I got a letter from a friend down in D.C. <br />He wants to know what’s up with me <br />And why I never call or write him back <br />The truth is there ain’t much to say <br />Today’s the same as any day <br />And nothing really scares me more than that <br /> <br />Time and time again I see <br />The walls are closing in on me <br />Before my eyes my life begins to flash <br />Sad memories I can’t erase <br />I know that I would leave this place <br />If only I could gather up the cash <br /> <br />While everyone with better sense has already left town <br />And those that still remain about wonder why I’m around <br /> <br />But where do we go from here? <br />Do we leave it all behind? <br />Do we walk away blind? <br />Or will we ever find a light at the end of this street <br /> <br />I wish I was like my brother Jim <br />It doesn’t seem to bother him <br />He doesn’t seem to mind the old routine <br />He’s always had it figured out <br />Exactly what this town’s about <br />This unforgiving narrow-minded scene <br /> <br />My mama told me long ago <br />There’s only two ways don’t you know <br />The second not so pleasant as the first <br />You either find the river, dive right in <br />Cleanse your soul, lose your sin <br />Or walk away alone and die of thirst <br /> <br />My old man ran from another land and tried to make a new start <br />But he worked his whole damn life away and died of a broken heart <br /> <br />So where do we go from here? <br />Do we leave it all behind? <br />Do we walk away blind? <br />And will we ever find a light at the end of this street <br /> <br />Lately I’ve been having dreams <br />Just like western movie scenes <br />Hanging day, gallows overhead <br />But I wake up in the nick of time <br />Lying here to find that I’m <br />Frozen to the sheets upon my bed <br /> <br />They’ll tell you opportunity <br />Is simply nothing more to be <br />In the right place at the right time <br />But I’ve never been too lucky still <br />I make it to the top of the hill <br />And see there’s twenty more ahead to climb <br /> <br />So for every wounded mother’s son left standing in the lurch <br />And for every other wasted one who’s given up the search <br />Who spoke their minds stood their ground and was gracious in defeat <br />Who is relegated now live and die out on this street <br /> <br />Where do we go from here? <br />Do we leave it all behind? <br />Do we walk away blind? <br />Or will we ever find a light at the end of this street… (4X) <br /> <br />It’s a long, long road away from here <br />And where it ends is never clear <br />A long, long time to cover ground <br />But never, never, never turn around<br /><br />