Story Behind The Song
Been there, done that.
Song Description
Couple breaks up. Guy drinks to get "her" off his mind, walks bar to bar all night. It doesn't work. Discovers his vice is part of the problem.
| Song Length |
3:48 |
Genre |
Country - General, Country - Honky Tonk |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Heartbreaking, Miserable |
Subject |
Loneliness, Breaking Up |
| Similar Artists |
Willie Nelson, Travis Tritt |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
BROKEN CITY SIDEWALKS w/m Rae Welch 2005
Verse:
Another night out on these old broken city sidewalks
I don't understand your leavin' but I try
Reflected in the glass of that last window that I passed
I think I might'a seen the reason why
Verse:
But I know these city sidewalks that I'm walkin'
Can't take me back to you, they just bring me down
Still I stumble through the night, all the shadows and the light
Until they turn the chairs in every bar in town
Chorus:
And tonight I'm back out on these broken city sidewalks
I'll stop in every lighted door along the way
And lift a glass or two, to the heartache that was you
And wrap my mind around the sound of your footsteps
As they fade away...uh, huh, huh...as they fade away
Verse:
But if the sun comes up and finds me still out walkin'
And the echo of our parting's on the wind
I guess I'll find some way to make it through another day
But then the night just starts the whole damn thing again
Repeat Chorus:
And I'll be back out on these broken city sidewalks
Stop in...etc.
Bridge:
And though I can't say that my best friend is this drink here in my hand
Seems to me to be the only one that understands
Repeat Chorus:
Why I'm back out on these broken city sidewalks
Stop in...etc.
Tag:
Another night out on these old broken city sidewalks
I don't understand your leavin'....but I try
Copyright Rae Welch 2006 / Contact: songdog48@neb.rr.com