Lyrical Response

[LeviF]

And I spent time 'neath the trestles
With the punks and the dime store saints
Kept faith and a switchblade tucked beneath my coat
And I ran with dirty angels, slept out in the rain
We were scared and tired and barely 17

 

And my first sin was a fear that made me old
And my first sin was a fear that made me old

[Gugny]

Now I will stand in the rain on the corner
I watch the people go shuffling downtown
Another ten minutes no longer
And then I'm turning around, 'round

[WhoTom]

Down on the corner
Out in the street
Willy and the Poor Boys are playin'
Bring a nickel, tap your feet

[muppy]

Oh, when the sun beats down and burns the tar up on the roof
And your shoes get so hot you wish your tired feet were fire proof
Under the boardwalk, down by the sea, yeah
On a blanket with my baby is where I'll be

Out of the sun

 

(Under the boardwalk) We'll be havin' some fun
(Under the boardwalk) People walking above
(Under the boardwalk) We'll be fallin' in love
(Under the boardwalk) Yeah (boardwalk)

[Joe Ferguson forever]

When this old world starts getting me down
And people are just too much for me to face
I climb way up to the top of the stairs
And all my cares just drift right into space

On the roof, it's peaceful as can be
And there the world below can't bother me
Let me tell you now

[WhoTom]

I sat on the roof and kicked off the moss
Well, a few of the verses, well, they've got me quite cross

 

[ExiledInIllinois]

"...Roll, roll me away, won't you roll me away tonight?
I too am lost, I feel double-crossed and I'm sick of what's wrong and what's right..."

 

 

[SinceThe70s]

Don't the sunrise look so pretty
Never such a sight

Like a rollin' into New York City
With the skyline in the morning light

 

Roll right through the night

[leh-nerd skin-erd]

I still remember it was autumn and the moon was shinin'
My '60 Cadillac was rollin' through Nebraska whinin'
Doin' a hundred twenty, man the fields was bendin' over
Headin' out for the mountains knowin' we was travelin' further
All our fires were blazin'
And the spinnin' wheels were turnin' turnin'
Had my girl beside me brother brother she was burnin' burnin'

[SinceThe70s]

She was looking so right
In her diamonds and frills
Oh those big city nights
In those high rolling hills
Above all the lights
She had all of her skills

[Bills4everNY]

Here I am, and in this city

With a fistful of dollars 

And baby, you better believe 

I'm back, back in the New York groove 

[Bill from NYC]

Every time I move I lose
When I look I'm in
And every time I turn around
I'm back in love again
Right back, right back
In love again
Seems like, seems like
That I'm back in love again

[ExiledInIllinois]

"...Always strivin', always climbing way beyond my will
Same old sensation, isolation at the top of the bill
Always seeming, like I'm moving but I'm really going slow
What do you do when you get to the top and there's nowhere to go

Just how I get there will be anybody's guess
With all the so called trappings of success
Left all the deadbeats on the top of the hill
Too busy raisin' Cain
I'm back on the street again
I'm back on the top again..."

[WhoTom]

I'm back on the road again

It's time I leave you now
And maybe I'll see you next time

That I'm around

[muppy]

Maybe I'm amazed at the way you pulled me out of time
You hung me on the line
Maybe I'm amazed at the way I really need you

[Joe Ferguson forever]

Amazing grace how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now I'm found
Was blind but now I see

'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed

[DD4Bills]

I've been chased by a rain cloud

I was lost and nearly drowned and kicked around

But now I'm found and I won't run away

[muppy]

Away in a manger
No crib for a bed
The little Lord Jesus
Lay down His sweet head

[LeviF]

By now, you must've found better than me
I'm sure Jupiter and Orpheus have charmed you off your feet
By now, I'm sure you've gotten over me
While you're kissing clouds and gods I'll be crawling on my knees,
Sweet morphine

[ExiledInIllinois]

Early nod to St.Patrick's Day:

 

"In Banbridge Town in the County Down
One morning last July,
From a boreen green came a sweet colleen
And she smiled as she passed me by.
She looked so sweet from her two bare feet
To the sheen of her nut brown hair.
Such a coaxing elf, sure I shook myself
For to see I was really there. ..."