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] [offset:0] [00:01.51]Joey's On The Streets Again - The Boomtown Rats [00:06.07]Sooner or later when the dawn was breaking [00:17.39]The joint was jumping and the walls were shaking [00:20.70]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" [00:43.83]Oh that guy was crazy, what a crazy cat [00:47.20]Then something strange would happen, there's trouble on the way [00:49.82]And trouble only means one thing.... [00:51.25] [00:54.50]Joey's on the street again. [00:56.07] [01:03.69]Joey grew older, older without a cause [01:06.63]Got married, had some kids and had his brushes with the law [01:09.82]Settled down and got a job, then said "I'm leaving" one day [01:12.88]"I've gotta hang loose a while, take care while I'm away." [01:15.00] [01:16.85]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.... [01:41.09] [01:44.78]Joey's on the street again. [01:50.71] [02:58.28]When Joey moved away [03:02.15]A lot of the kids said "I can't stay around here" [03:07.28] [03:08.34]They said "I'm moving out, going away [03:12.71] [03:15.21]They said "I'm leaving, getting out [03:16.04] [03:36.48]"I'm gonna go somewhere where it doesn't stink [03:38.92]Away from the alleys, somewhere I can think [03:41.86]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] [04:12.35]For Joey in this city. [04:13.41]