Joey's On The Streets Again-The Boomtown Rats

[ti:Joey's On The Streets Again] [ar:The Boomtown Rats] [al:The Very Best Of] [by:] [offset:0] [00:01.50]Joey's On The Streets Again - The Boomtown Rats [00:06.07]Sooner or later when the dawn was breaking [00:17.38]The joint was jumping and the walls were shaking [00:20.69]Joey sneaked in the backdoor way [00:23.82]Pretending he was with the band he never used to pay [00:27.26]He was no great draw at pulling the chicks [00:30.07]He used to lie against the wall like he was holding up the bricks [00:34.07]And all the things that guy used to do to get his kicks [00:37.01]He was a legand in his lifetime with the neighborhood kids [00:40.32]They said "Joey did this" and "Joey did that" [00:43.82]Oh that guy was crazy what a crazy cat [00:47.19]Then something strange would happen there's trouble on the way [00:49.82]And trouble only means one thing [00:51.25] [00:54.49]Joey's on the street again [00:56.06] [01:03.69]Joey grew older older without a cause [01:06.62]Got married had some kids and had his brushes with the law [01:09.81]Settled down and got a job then said "I'm leaving" one day [01:12.87]"I've gotta hang loose a while take care while I'm away " [01:15.00] [01:16.84]People said they'd seen him they were nearly always wrong [01:19.78]'Cause no one knew how much he had where he'd gone or for how long [01:23.29]'Til one day there came a rumor floating from the docks [01:25.98]Saying a crazy stranger had been found lying among the rocks [01:29.54]The said "Joey was this" and "Joey was that" [01:32.73]Oh that guy was crazy what a crazy cat [01:36.04]But no one quite believed it all rumors are the same [01:39.42]And now if something happens they say [01:41.08] [01:44.77]Joey's on the street again [01:50.71] [02:58.27]When Joey moved away [03:02.14]A lot of the kids said "I can't stay around here" [03:07.27] [03:08.33]They said "I'm moving out going away [03:12.71] [03:15.20]They said "I'm leaving getting out [03:16.04] [03:36.48]"I'm gonna go somewhere where it doesn't stink [03:38.91]Away from the alleys somewhere I can think [03:41.85]Wash the dirt from my hands watch it wash down the sink [03:45.35]It's a strain on the brain living close to the brink [03:48.54]Look at the brickwall gravestone where some kid was sprayed [03:51.73]Saying nobody could be bothered here to rule O K [03:55.04]Don't believe it don't believe it what they say on TV [03:58.29]There's no romance no romance [03:59.03] [04:12.34]For Joey in this city [04:13.40] [05:03.12]