所属专辑:The Very Best Of Lou Rawls
歌手: Lou Rawls
时长: 01:37
Dead End Street (2006 Digital Remaster) - Lou Rawls[00:00:01]
Written by:D. Axelrod/B. Raleigh/L. Rawls[00:00:02]
I was born in a city that they call[00:00:14]
The Windy city[00:00:16]
And they call it the Windy[00:00:19]
City because of the Hawk[00:00:19]
The Hawk[00:00:22]
The Almighty hawk[00:00:23]
Mister Wind[00:00:25]
Takes care of plenty business[00:00:27]
'Round winter time[00:00:29]
The place that I lived in[00:00:34]
Was on a street that uh[00:00:37]
Happened to be one of[00:00:39]
The dead end streets[00:00:40]
Where there was nothing to block[00:00:43]
The wind the elements[00:00:46]
Nothing to buffer them for me[00:00:49]
To keep 'em[00:00:51]
From knockin' my bed down d'y'hea'm[00:00:52]
I mean really sockin' it to me[00:00:55]
When the boiler would bust[00:00:58]
And the heat was gone d'y'hea'm[00:00:59]
I had to get fully dressed before[00:01:02]
I could go to bed[00:01:04]
Course I couldn't put on[00:01:05]
My goulashes 'cause[00:01:06]
They had buckles on 'em[00:01:07]
And my folks didn't play that[00:01:08]
They said don't you tear up[00:01:09]
My bed clothes wit' dem boot hushies on[00:01:11]
But I was fortunate[00:01:14]
Soon as I was big enough to get[00:01:16]
A job and save enough money[00:01:18]
Get a ticket[00:01:19]
Catch anything I split[00:01:21]
And I said one day I'm 'onna return[00:01:24]
And I'm gonna straighten it all out[00:01:27]
And I'm 'bout ready to go back now[00:01:30]
So I thought I'd tell you about it[00:01:32]
Ah they say this is a big rich town[00:01:38]
But I live in the poorest part[00:01:41]
I know I'm on a dead end street[00:01:46]
In a city without a heart[00:01:49]
I learned to fight before I was six[00:01:53]
The only way I could get along[00:01:57]
When you're raised on a dead end street[00:02:02]
You've gotta be tough and strong[00:02:05]
Now all the guys I know gettin' in trouble[00:02:09]
That's how it's always been[00:02:11]
When the odds are all against you[00:02:13]
How can you win[00:02:15]
Yeah[00:02:17]
Yeah yeah[00:02:19]
Ah lord 'n' now yeah[00:02:22]
I'm gonna push my way out of here[00:02:28]
Even though I can't say when[00:02:32]
But I'm gonna get off of[00:02:35]
This dead end street[00:02:37]
And I ain't never gonna come back again[00:02:39]
Never[00:02:43]
No no no[00:02:46]
Oh now lord[00:02:52]
Again now yeah[00:02:55]
I'm gonna push my way out of here[00:03:00]
Even though I can't say when[00:03:04]
But I'm gonna get off of[00:03:07]
This dead end street[00:03:09]
And I ain't gonna never come back again[00:03:11]
No no no[00:03:15]
I ain't gonna come back to[00:03:17]
This dead end street no more[00:03:18]
No[00:03:21]
'Cause I'm gonna get me a job[00:03:22]
I'm gonna save my dough[00:03:27]
Get away from here[00:03:32]
I ain't gonna come back no more[00:03:35]
I'm tired of a dead end street[00:03:39]
I want to get out in the world[00:03:44]
And learn something[00:03:46]
Tired of breakin' my back[00:03:47]
I want to start usin' my mind[00:03:51]