Cowboy Junkies - This Street, That Man, This Life Lyrics
This street holds its secrets like a cobra holds its kill
This street minds its business like a jailer minds his jail
That house there is haunted
That door's a portal to hell
This street holds its secrets very well
That man wears his skin like a dancer wears her veils
That man stalks his victims like a cancer stalks a cell
That man's soul has left him his heart's as deadly as a rusty nail
That man sheds his skin like a veil
Lord, you play a hard game, you know we follow every rule
Then you take the one thing we thought we'd never lose
All I ask is if she's with you please keep her warm and safe
and if it's in your power please purge the memory of this place
soft and distant calling like a fading memory
This life has its victories but its defeats tear so viciously
This life holds its secrets like the sea
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Cowboy Junkies This Street, That Man, This Life Comments
My best friends little
sister was murdered by their next-door neighbor in Magnolia
Washington.
RIP Christina and Oddra
Lord, you play a hard game, you know we follow every rule
Then you take the one thing we thought we'd never lose
All I ask is if she's with you please keep her warm and safe
And if it's in your power please purge the memory of this place
This life has its victories, but its defeats tear so viciously...
THANK YOU. i love this
this life has its victories
but its defeats tear
so viciously
All by itself this is such a sad, haunting song. Like Dusan Savic (comment below), I always associate this song with Frank Pembleton (Andre Braugher) returning to work on Homicide Life on the Street S5 E1. That was a powerful scene that has always stuck in my mind. Although I know it wasn't...this song seems to be written just for Frank Pembleton's character.
This life holds its secrets like the sea.
Scott Schultz classic...
I <3 this song. Timeless message
Life on the Street
one more for homicide
"This life has its victories but it's defeats tear so viciously....
Frank returns to work, post-stroke...
i heard this song on homicide life on the street and loved it instantly it has me floating! :)
This beautiful heart-wrenching song is heard at the beginning of the fifth season of "Homicide - Life on the Street" when Frank Pembleton comes back to work after the severe stroke. The beauty of the singing voice corresponds to the melancholic mood of the scene. It nearly brought me to tears. Thank you so much for this.
great 10/10 song and nice image - thanks