Pete Townshend - Street In The City Lyrics
Street in the city. Street in the city on a working day.
Street in the city. Street in the city on a working day.
There's a man up on that ledge. He's only cleaning windows.
What a shame, who's to blame, for the pain we're missin'?
Gonna lean back on my wall and pray for him to fall.
See that man going in the bank with a blue suit?
He's carrying a bag full of very important papers.
There's old Mac trying to busk with his new flute.
Did you read about the Cambridge raper?
Street in the city. Street in the city on a working day.
Street in the city. Street in the city on a working day.
Those girls pass every day. They seem to think I'm funny.
It's just a game that they're playing till they can claim their first new man.
Gonna lean back on my wall and pray for her knickers to fall.
See that woman with a bun in her hair?.
Don't she know that ain't still done anywhere?
See that man going in the Wig and Pen?
He was charged with telling lies again.
I see the world go by as I lean against my wall.
I watch as Fleet Street makes new heroes rise and fall.
The news is written in the eyes of us all.
On is a sinner. The next is a saint. Most of us worry about showing up late.
I'm gonna lean back on my wall and pray for him to fall.
Street in the city. Street in the city on a working day.
Street in the city. Street in the city on a working day.
There's a man up on that ledge. He's only cleaning windows.
What a shame. Who's to blame for the pain?
Other Lyrics by Artist
- Pete Townshend - Won't Get Fooled Again
- Pete Townshend - Bargain
- Pete Townshend - Love Ain't For Keeping
- Pete Townshend - Time Is Passing
- Pete Townshend - Baba O'Riley
- Pete Townshend - Goin' Mobile
- Pete Townshend - Teenage Wasteland
- Pete Townshend - Psychomontage
- Pete Townshend - English Boy (Reprise)
- Pete Townshend - Baba O'Riley (Demo)
- Pete Townshend - Now And Then (Reprise)
- Pete Townshend - Dialogue Introduction To "Now And Then (Reprise)"
- Pete Townshend - Fake It
- Pete Townshend - Too Much Of Anything
- Pete Townshend - Music Must Change
- Pete Townshend - Join Together
- Pete Townshend - Who Are You
- Pete Townshend - Slip Kid
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Pete Townshend Street In The City Comments
I heard this song on the radio ... and I went after the record ... just one of the coolest I've ever heard in my life...
This record is among the most beautifully produced records of its time.
I learned so much from it in my short career in RP&E, and the LP is proof that digital audio is still not as good as analog recording, no matter what the format.
One of my favorites from Rough Mix!