Walking Down Madison
(专辑: Electric Landlady - 1991)
Walking down Madison, I
swear I
never had a
gun No, I
never shot no one, I
was only having fun Walking down Madison, swear I
never had a
gun I
was philosophizing some, checking out the
bums See you give 'em your nickels, your pennies and dimes But you can't give 'em hope in these mercenary times, oh no And you feel real guilty about the
coat on your back And the
sandwich you had, oh no From an uptown apartment to a
knife on the A
train It's not that far From the
sharks in the
penthouse to the
rats in the
basement It's not that far To the
bag lady frozen asleep in the
park Oh no, it's not that far Would you like to see some more? I
can show you if you'd like to Walking down Madison, I
swear I
never had a
gun No, I
never shot no one, wouldn't do it just for fun Walking down Madison, trying to keep my head screwed on I
was philosophizing some, checking out the
nuns When you get to the
corner don't look at those freaks Keep your head down low and stay quick on your feet, oh yeah The
beaming boy from Harlem with the
airforce coat The
ones who died, the
ones who tried The
ones that sit and gloat From an uptown apartment to a
knife on the A
train It's not that far From the
sharks in the
penthouse to the
rats in the
basement It's not that far To the
bag lady frozen asleep on the
church steps It's not that far Would you like to see some more? I
can show you if you'd like to Within every city and town there's a
Madison Frozen lives for whom nothing's happening Hungry children is a
mother's dilemma Dumpster diving to feed her baby Emma So you walk on by like it doesn't affect you The
held out hand that you pay no respect to Nickels and dimes won't even buy your guilt Another wino burnt to death in his quilt It's a
cardboard city, newspaper metropolis The
system can't cope or keep on top of this The
authorities come as you're not for display Do they solve the
problem no they move him away They're in a
vicious circle of no fixed abode The
social won't pay 'em the
money they're owed When you've got no money you can't pay rent Hypothermia kills 'cause the
system is bent From an uptown apartment to a
knife on the A
train It's not that far From the
sharks in the
penthouse to the
rats in the
basement It's not that far To the
bag lady frozen asleep in the
park Oh no, it's not that far Would you like to see some more? I
can show you if you'd like to From an uptown apartment to a
knife on the A
train It's not that far From the
sharks in the
penthouse to the
rats in the
basement It's not that far To the
bag lady frozen asleep on the
church steps It's not that far Would you like to see some more? I
can show you if you'd like to In the
subway sits a
vacuous man His grip on life is a
bent tin can It's a
holy shrine where he burns his light It makes things easy and removes his plight For an hour or two but he can't escape They're all penned in with government tape There are good samaritans who bring the
soup The
Sally Army with their bibles and boots You can see yourself as it's not too far One short trip you don't who they are Till the
night comes then it all comes back Like the
smell of patchouli and the
armies of rats It's a
shame to be human it's a
human shame It seems we've forgotten we're one and the
same