On The Streets I Ran
| MORRISSEY Song | |
|---|---|
| Name | On The Streets I Ran |
| Album/Single | Ringleader Of The Tormentors |
| Length | 3:51 |
| Recorded | Autumn 2005 |
| Writer | Morrissey/Tobias |
| Producer | Tony Visconti |
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"
Personnel
- Morrissey - Vocals
- Alain Whyte - Guitars, backing vocals
- Boz Boorer - Guitars, saxes
- Jesse Tobias - Guitars, crash cymbals
- Gary Day - Bass guitar
- Matt Chamberlain - Drums
- Michael Farrell - Keyboards, piano, organ, trumpet, trombone, percussion
- Strings - Ennio Morricone
- Additional string production - Marco Patrigiani
- Children's Choir director - Rossella Ruini
- Children's Choir - Giulia D'Andrea
- Children's Choir - Niccolo Centioni
- Children's Choir - Laura Adriani
- Children's Choir - Alice e Ester Diodovich
- Children's Choir - Marco Lorecchio
- Children's Choir - Charlotte Patrignani
- Children's Choir - Gaia e Andrea Baroni
- Producer - Tony Visconti