Sunday, April 10, 2005

Lyrics to Street Song

I decided to post the lyrics to Street Song.
Over time I have done a lot of searching on the Internet just
to find the lyrics to this song. No luck.
Kind of amazing, because I believe it is one of the
undiscovered gems of the 60s. It rocks out.
I did find it on a web site of a Portland radio
station; they found it to be a tough rocker, and:"kick ass".
I am surprised that Lenny Kravitz or R.E.M., doesn't do a cover version of it. I used Wave Pad to listen to the song in slow speed, and to write down the lyrics as best I could. A few words are hard to decipher. I did my best. But since no one else has listed them on the Web, I am perhaps providing
something new, or a first. So at any rate here it is; from the 13th Floor Elevators Bull of The Woods album:

Street Song

I walked down to the sidewalk,
the night was crying rain
I heard thunder wandering,
like a crash in someones tin
I can tell from the lightnings flashing,
the storm would not refrain.
The wind blew through the treetops,
and I saw some windowpane
I heard someone down in the alley,
a little voice called out my name,
I saw the ghost of our wrecked romance,
it was lost in the pouring rain.

Well I'm going/
back to the country/
up on the mountains/
up on the rising side/
and if you/
should ever leave me/
send me a letter/
with some love inside/

where are you married?
and in a good place?
I need to know to be satisfied.

I walked on through the darkness,
the night still pouring rain
The wind blew through the treetops,
and I saw some windowpane
I saw the ghost of our wrecked romance,
it was lost in the pouring rain
one thing I have learned in my time,
in the skies and on the ground...
all the fires changed motivation,
yet I burned to love that sound.

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