On The Streets I Ran
| MORRISSEY song | |
|---|---|
| Name | On The Streets I Ran |
| Album/single | Ringleader Of The Tormentors |
| Length | 3:51 |
| Writer/composer | Morrissey/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:
- Llandudno, Wales 2006-04-19 (Morrissey concert)
- Leeds, England 2006-04-20 (Morrissey concert)
- Aberdeen, Scotland 2006-04-22 (Morrissey concert)
- Stirling, Scotland 2006-04-23 (Morrissey concert)
- Glasgow, Scotland 2006-04-27 (Morrissey concert)
- London, England 2006-05-01 (Morrissey concert)
- Manchester, England 2006-05-06 (Morrissey concert)
- Liverpool, England 2006-05-12 (Morrissey concert)
- London, England 2006-05-14 (Morrissey concert)
- Cheltenham, England 2006-05-24 (Morrissey concert)
Appears On
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