Song Description
Song about a mean street in Surfers Paradise in Australia. It's about what goes on behind the glitter of a major tourist region.
| Song Length |
4:06 |
Genre |
Blues - General |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Similar Artists |
Tom Waits |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
NOW IT MIGHT BE NASTY BUT IT MUST BE SAID
THERE'S A STREET IN THIS TOWN LIKE THE STREET OF THE DEAD
GOT A BEND IN THE MIDDLE AND BIN LINER SMELL
AND OFFERS UP A VISION OF A CUT PRICE HELL
IT'S THE STREET OF THE LOST IN THE CITY OF THE DAMNED
AND IT'S RUNS FROM THE RIVER TO THE GOLDEN SANDS
FULL OF TWENTY DOLLAR ROOMS AND TEN DOLLAR HIGHS
AND EVERY KIND OF PLEASURE THAT A CROOKED DOLLAR BUYS
BUS DEPOT ON THE CORNER LIKE A SLOT MACHINE
SPILLIN' HUNGRY NEW ARRIVALS OUT ON THE AVENUE OF DREAMS
THE LIGHT OF DADDY'S EYES TURNING TRICKS TO STAY ALIVE
AMONG THE COCKROACH CASTLES ON PENINSULAR DRIVE
THERE'S A DRUNK JUST LIKE A BENDY MAN TRYING TO MAKE HIS WAY DOWNTOWN
AND SOME CLOWN DROVE A CAR CLEAN THRU A CALLBOX FURTHER DOWN
AROUND ELEVEN THIRTY JUST AS THINGS ARE GOING QUIET
STREET BECOMES A JUNGLE FOR THE CREATURES OF THE NIGHT
THEY COME SLINKING FROM THEIR CAGES LIKE VAMPIRES FROM A LAIR
THEY'RE SUCKING ON THE TOURISTS WHO DON'T EVEN KNOW THEY'RE THERE.
SELLING ECSTASY AND GHB FROM OLD TOYOTA VANS
YOU COULD END UP IN EMERGENCY OR END UP IN THE CAN
PICK YOUR WAY THROUGH GARBAGE RUSTY CAR WRECKS ON THE CURB
A BUM SPLAYED ON A MATTRESS AND HIS EYES SAY DON'T DISTURB
THERE'S WORKERS HERE AND GRAFTERS PEOPLE TRYING TO SURVIVE
AMONG THE HOOKERS AND THE BACKPACKERS ON PENINSULAR DRIVE
THERE'S A KID HID UP A TREE OUT FRONT OF NUMBER SEVENTEEN
AND A TRAIL OF FRESH GRAFFITI LEADING BACK FROM WHERE HE'S BEEN
TWO DYKES BEGGING FOR A SCORE ACCOSTING TOURISTS IN A LANE
IF YOU WALK DOWN HERE AT MIDNIGHT YOU WON'T NEVER BE THE SAME
--- NEVER
YOU GOT EVERY KINDA NIGHTHAWK HASSLING EVERY PASSER BY
GOT A NEON MOON INSTEAD OF ONE THAT'S HANGING IN THE SKY
OUTSIDE NUMBER TWENTY SIX SOMEBODY'S BLEEDING ON THE LAWN
AND SHADOWS UNDER STREETLIGHTS SHUFFLE HOME TO BEAT THE DAWN
A SIREN HOLLERS DOWN THE STREET AND BOUNCES OFF THE DARK
A CRUISER PULLS A COUPLA WINOS BRAWLING IN THE PARK
AND THE SUN FIRES SHOTS ACROSS THE OCEAN STRUGGLING TO ARRIVE
AND STIRS THE DAYSHIFT FROM THEIR BEDS DOWN ON PENINSULAR DRIVE
___UUUH HA HA BA DA BA DA DA ....