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MORRISSEY song
Name	On The Streets I Ran
Album/single	Ringleader Of The Tormentors
Length	3:51
Writer/composer	Morrissey / Jesse Tobias
Producer	Tony Visconti
Release	April 2006
Recorded	Autumn 2005

Information

Lyrics

A working-class face glares back
At me from the glass, and lurches:
"Forgive me, on the streets I ran
  Turned sickness into popular song"

Streets of wet-black holes
On roads you can never know
You never have them
But they always have you
Till the day that you croak
It's no joke

A working-class face glares back
At me from the glass, and lurches:
"Forgive me, on the streets I ran
  Turned sickness into unpopular song"

And all these streets can do
Is claim to know the real you
And warn: if you don't leave you will kill or be killed
Which isn't very nice
Here, everybody's friendly
But nobody's friends
Dear God when will I be
Where I should be?

And when the palmist said:
"One Thursday you will be dead,"
I said:
"No, not me - this cannot be
  Dear God, take him, take them, take anyone
  The still-born, the new-born, the infirm - take anyone
  Take people from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - just spare me"

Live History

Play count (Morrissey concert): 13

Morrissey live history:

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Appears On

Ringleader Of The Tormentors

Related Forum Threads

Morrissey A-Z: "On the Streets I Ran" - Morrissey-solo (Jul 05, 2021)

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 ==Information==
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 == Lyrics ==
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+<poem>
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+A working-class face glares back
-}}
+At me from the glass, and lurches:
+ "Forgive me, on the streets I ran
+  Turned sickness into popular song"
+Streets of wet-black holes
+On roads you can never know
+You never have them
+But they always have you
+Till the day that you croak
+It's no joke
+A working-class face glares back
+At me from the glass, and lurches:
+ "Forgive me, on the streets I ran
+  Turned sickness into unpopular song"
+And all these streets can do
+Is claim to know the real you
+And warn: if you don't leave you will kill or be killed
+Which isn't very nice
+Here, everybody's friendly
+But nobody's friends
+Dear God when will I be
+Where I should be?
-==Personnel==
+And when the palmist said:
+ "One Thursday you will be dead,"
+I said:
+ "No, not me - this cannot be
+  Dear God, take him, take them, take anyone
+  The still-born, the new-born, the infirm - take anyone
+  Take people from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - just spare me"
+</poem>
-* [[Morrissey]] - Vocals <br>
-* [[Alain Whyte]] - Guitars, backing vocals<br>
-* [[Boz Boorer]] - Guitars, saxes<br>
-* [[Jesse Tobias]] - Guitars, crash cymbals
-* [[Gary Day]] - Bass guitar<br>
-* [[Matt Chamberlain]] - Drums<br>
-* [[Michael Farrell]] - Keyboards, piano, organ, trumpet, trombone, percussion<br>
-* Strings - [[Ennio Morricone]]<br>
-* Additional string production - Marco Patrigiani<br>
-* Children's Choir director - Rossella Ruini<br>
-* Children's Choir - Giulia D'Andrea<br>
-* Children's Choir - Niccolo Centioni<br>
-* Children's Choir - Laura Adriani<br>
-* Children's Choir - Alice e Ester Diodovich<br>
-* Children's Choir - Marco Lorecchio<br>
-* Children's Choir - Charlotte Patrignani<br>
-* Children's Choir - Gaia e Andrea Baroni<br>
-* Producer - [[Tony Visconti]]<br>
-* Photography - Fabio Lovino<br>
-==Live History==
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