Herman's Hermits - Gaslight Street Lyrics






There's a place on the edge of town
Where the kids all hang around
Cobbled streets and terraced houses
Window boxes all around
It's never changed in sixty years
And it's tumbling down
It's never really know by name
It's called Gaslight Street
Gaslight Street

In the evening when the sun goes down
And there ain't nobody else around
The lamp lighter walks down the street
Illumination, indiscreet
It doesn't have much effect it seems
He's wasting his time
The lamp light don't shine so bright
On Gaslight Street
Gaslight Street

Every night at nine
There's children playing around the street
Trying to dodge their parents
When they call them in to go to sleep

Monday morning and as a rule
The place is quiet they're all at school
Lines of washing hang across the street
A weary policeman walks his beat
It's never changed in sixty years
And it's tumbling down
It's never really known by name
It's called Gaslight Street
Gaslight Street





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  1. p.... l....

    such good words.but then this was my days............ the 60s........ when words counted more than now.

  2. H.... D....

    Absolutely hilarious Alexia can't find this song, I remember listening to this when I was getting out of high school......

  3. J.... F....

    A song that was written by The Hermits.

  4. 1.... ....

    just blew me back to age 16, so glad I found this

  5. b.... g....

    OMG I LOVE THIS SONG, ALSO LOVE MAN WITH THE CIGAR

    b.... g....

    Both are great songs!

  6. S.... V....

    Great lyrics from band member Keith hopwood tells a wonderful story of how life use to be
    Simple but effective

    Steve Vidler

  7. M.... ....

    I used to do my colouring in whilst listening to this.I was 7.Now I,m nearly 55 and I,m right back there coulouring in :)

  8. T.... O....

    Does anybody else feel an ache inside when they hear a song for the first time since childhood?

    T.... O....

    The album on which I had this song was destroyed in a house fire several months ago. I should have listened to it more.

    T.... O....

    I'm from the 2000 I don't know why i feel so nostalgic when i listen It, i love that song

  9. b.... w....

    I won a music quiz about twenty years ago " what was the b side of (there's a kind of hush)"--------makes me feel smug

  10. b.... g....

    reminds me of back in 67 winter in Minnesota listening to this song on my transister. One of the sweetest guys I ever met (Peter Noone)

  11. B.... ....

    Written by one of the band members. "Trying to dodge their parents... when they call them in to go to sleep."