Boz Scaggs - Last Tango On 16th Street Lyrics

one of my fav. songs...

Selling late night transfers
Try to make a play
The people with the answers
Don't often pass this way
Starting from Dolores
All the way to Three
It's the last tango on 16th Street

The later that it gets, the meaner that it looks
There's a lot to learn out here
Not found in books
We gotta solve the winter rain,
Watch out for the heat
When it's the last tango on 16th Street

Same old people begging quarters
Stretching out their hands
Vendors selling flores
From a plastic can
Some are poor but honest, others lie and cheat
Well it's the last tango on 16th Street

All the homeless helpless need a place to stay
Asking you for spare change
Don't know what to say
Gypsy plays a melody, a broken tooth just smile so sweet
It's the last tango on 16th Street

Same old song, I know you heard it
Many times before
Why this life in poverty seems so much like a war
Just make sure you careful
Where you place your feet
When it's the last tango on 16th Street

Some of them don't see so good when they leave the bars
Talking loud and ugly
Stepping from the cars
If you're holding valuables, it pays to be discrete
Cuz it's the last tango on 16th Street

Dodge between the hookers, aim between their thighs
Full moon shines above the bay
You can see it in their eyes
Past the Capp Street dogleg
Your heart might skip a bit
When it's the last tango on 16th Street

Breaking bad brought me here but I'm glad it did

GREAT SONG REALLY GETS THE FEELING OF THE MISSION. ONLY ONE EXCEPTION THE SCENT ARE MISSING. THE SMELLS ARE AN EXPERIENCE IN THEMSELVES

Una gran canción qué respeta la métrica del tango , como Argentino me siento orgulloso del tango como música y Boz es un gran músico qué supo plasmar su espíritu !!!

The Boss have done it, again. Thanks -

Very​ ​beautiful​ song

Boz is gonna be in Reno, Nevada, and Livermore, California, late this summer. Close enough to get to both if I run fast!

Use to live on 16th.st.429

Boz does not stop to amaze me, incredible music I love it,

Last Tango explains him to one of his fans.

My first time on this one.

Close your eyes and you're there.

Love this! Recognize the streets from long ago. Can't stop hitting repeat and again and again.

Don't worry...no one here will blame you. We all understand....

Fabulous song I've never heard until now.

Bob Adado last Tango 16th st Love it Boz!!!

Love this song so so romantic you the man Boz!

This song takes you there. Boz Scaggs is wonderful!!!

Jeez....I really love this...thanks

love this....

love from TIRTZI VINTAGE

Last tango on sixteenth street is Cooooooool... Boz thanks

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The words to this song are spot on! Takes you right there! Thanks Boz.

Magic !

this is beautiful

i love your voice. your the same hot musical artist.......

Great tune! Just heard it live in Boston at the Wilbur! Great encore Boz!! Whole concert was simply wonderful!

steff bobozky just loves this song as much as she loves this man

+merrie bobosky The tune Is so awesome!

Piękne. ...

En 2015 llegaba el de momento último trabajo de Boz Scaggs (@bozscaggsmusic) el álbum "A Fool To Care" que presentaba con este "Last Tango on 16th Street", un álbum formado en su mayoría por covers y con colaboraciones como la Bonnie Raitt (@TheBonnieRaitt) en el tema original "Hell to Pay", y con el que llegó al puesto #1 en el chart de álbumes de Blues de Billboard (@billboard). Scaggs vive ahora en el valle de Napa, en California, donde tiene un viñedo. #NOWandThen #Tango #BlueEyedSoul

Well, Underground culture is anything capable of coping with a big question left without an answer. Kerouack said: "where am i going? Idon't know but i must go.

loves this

Absolutely love this song !!

can someone tell me the year of this album?it seems like his latest.Many thanks in advance

+samtyler100 This is most recent one.

+Mike Bouvier thanks Mike

+Joan Wilcox thanks joan

This is so awesome; I just can't get get enough of this!!

Great song - first time I've heard it.

even more greatness!

Last time I was at a Boz concert: Truckee Meadows 1974 -- nothing will keep me away from this concert (wow! 40 years ago!).  Thank you Boz for 40 years of superb music! Cheers!

Voice like fine wine. Age has only made it better . Please play this song, close your eyes and take a drink . Ahhhh yes !!!

sin duda el sr scaggs le ha dado una maravillosa contribucion al mundo con una musica de calidad A 1 que muy pocos musicos lograron verdaderamente agradecidos de su talento ojala venga al Peru a cantarnos tan exelentes temas y compartir de su persona gracias mr BOZ 
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This is so smooth and nice ~~~~ yes

Very smoooooooth Mr. Scaggs

これは（会場の)渋谷より新宿に合うね。でもさ来月がもう待ち遠しいしいです、、、
楽しみ！

Fantastic song!His last album A Fool To Care is perfect!

Have been seeing him in concert since the 70's and so wonderful seeing him evolving, keep at it Boz.

Nice! Looking forward to seeing Boz a 3rd time in CLT in August.

Last Tango on 16th  Street is the BEST!!!!

First time hearing his music.  Amazing!!!   Found it after watching Jimmy Fallon a few weeks ago,.  Can not stop listening to him!

@Fred Flintstone oh and yes, to me he was an awaited taste. At first i couldn't stand him. Shhhhhh, don't tell him that....

@Maria R Dudette....pig that I am, that's even better😉! I read on another string that he's still approachable. Someone actually had breakfast with him at a hotel restaurant, at his invitation!. That sounds like the guy I chatted with, 40 years or so, ago (ugh...that sucks to hafta say that outloud...). Say hi when ya' see me out here. Happy New Year!

@Fred Flintstone Hey, we could be groupies and follow him around Maybe we could catch a breakfast from him!

@Maria R At the rate I'm goin', I'm pretty sure most people think I'm a Boz groupie already!

I remember when Silk Degrees came out. Forty years on and he's still the man. What a voice!

@Gert Stronkhorst
He had 6 albums before Silk Degrees. have them all but Boz Scaggs and Band is the one I go back too all the time.

Good night... Smooth New Music... wow ;)
Boz Scaggs - Last Tango on 16th Street - A Fool To Care
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9sjaVmnrMQ

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Lovely music

Go Boz!

Great stuff

Wonderful, Boz! 

I was sitting here humming along - and then I listened to the words. It's all about the Mission in San Francisco - and it's so on (I pre-ordered album). Bravo Boz!

Ha, ha! The City! Were you there when he used to hang out at the Balboa? I WAS! He was right there, sippin' Irish coffee and just talkin' with us! I was in college, between '76 and '81 (ok....so I hung out there maybe a little too much...) He was as cool as you can possibly imagine. I saw him at a concert at Villa Montalvo in Los Gatos, many years, later. It was an open air venue in the woods..... I don't even know if it's still there. The entrance was right next to the stage. I walked in and stood ther 'cause nobody made me move. During a moment when his band was doin' somethin' on the other side of the stage and he was idle, he looks over at me and gives me the "guy nod". I smiled so hard my face hurt...doin' it right now, ha, ha. Sometimes I wonder if he recognized me...I doubt it, but it's still a cool memory!

@Fred Flintstone I used to go see him at Slims with my uncle Jim. They were good friends and I got to meet him once. My uncle; Reverend Jim Smith repaired Jefferson Airplane/Starship's sound equipment and pinball machines in their studio.

@Shawn Hawkins Their studio? The place on Fulton Street?

@Fred Flintstone not sure.

@Shawn Hawkins They had a big Victorian, across the street from The Park. It was painted all black. I think the address was 1313...pretty scary to a little kid. I later went to USF, literally up the street. It was still there at the time. I would jog to the beach often, straight down Fulton, sometimes....but I always crossed the street when I passed by! It still freaked me out, 10...12 years later! They sold it some time, ago, and many of them are dead, now. Smilin' remembering, though....

Superb , sublime .........