Street Life: Difference between revisions

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MORRISSEY song
Name	Street Life
Album/single	Live only performance.
Length	Varies
Writer/composer	Bryan Ferry
Producer	Not applicable
Release	Not applicable
Recorded	Not applicable

Information

This is a live-only cover of the Roxy Music song from their "Stranded" album (1973).

Lyrics

Wish everybody would leave me alone—yeah
They're always calling on my telephone
When I pick it up there's no one there
So I walk outside just to take the air

Come on with me cruising down the street
Who knows what you'll see, who you might meet
This brave new world's not like yesterday—
It can take you higher than the milky way

Now I'm blinded I can really see—yeah
No more bright lights confusing me—no
Don't ask me why I'm feeling blue
'cause loving you is all I can do

Hey good-looking boys—gather around
The sidewalk papers gutter-press you down
All those lies can be so unkind
They can make you feel like you're losing your mind

Street life
Street life
Street life
What a life

Back to nature boys—Vassar girls too
Watch what you say, or think, or do
Continental-style strasse girls might
But you know exactly if it's wrong or right

Education is an important key—yes
But the good life's never won by degrees—no
Pointless passing through Harvard or Yale
Only window shopping - it's strictly no sale

Week end starts Friday soon after eight
Your jet black magic helps you celebrate
You may be stranded if you stick around
—And that's really something...

Live History

Play count (Morrissey concert): 2

Morrissey live history:

Wikipedia Information

"Street Life" is the opening track of English rock band Roxy Music's third album Stranded. Written by lead singer Bryan Ferry, the song is an ode to modern life that features sound effects of street noise alongside dissonant synth noises courtesy of newly recruited member Eddie Jobson. Producer Chris Thomas provides bass on the song. "Street Life" was released as the first single from Stranded, reaching the top ten in the band's native UK. The song has since seen acclaim from music writers for staking out a new direction for the band and has become a live favorite for the band.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Life_(Roxy_Music_song)

Related Forum Threads

Morrissey A-Z: "Street Life" (live cover) - Morrissey-solo (Aug 30, 2021)

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+Wish everybody would leave me alone—yeah
+They're always calling on my telephone
+When I pick it up there's no one there
+So I walk outside just to take the air
+Come on with me cruising down the street
+Who knows what you'll see, who you might meet
+This brave new world's not like yesterday—
+It can take you higher than the milky way
+Now I'm blinded I can really see—yeah
+No more bright lights confusing me—no
+Don't ask me why I'm feeling blue
+'cause loving you is all I can do
+Hey good-looking boys—gather around
+The sidewalk papers gutter-press you down
+All those lies can be so unkind
+They can make you feel like you're losing your mind
+Street life
+Street life
+Street life
+What a life
+Back to nature boys—Vassar girls too
+Watch what you say, or think, or do
+Continental-style strasse girls might
+But you know exactly if it's wrong or right
+Education is an important key—yes
+But the good life's never won by degrees—no
+Pointless passing through Harvard or Yale
+Only window shopping - it's strictly no sale
+Week end starts Friday soon after eight
+Your jet black magic helps you celebrate
+You may be stranded if you stick around
+—And that's really something...
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