Down On Terminal Street
I took a walk down terminal street last night
To see the ancient faces living there
I saw the sunken eyes of agony
And saw the desperate stations of despair
The madman waiting for the spirit girls to come
In a song well written but unsung
I saw the smiling wardens cracking down the noose
From which my drowning head was hung
Oh, down on terminal street
Oh, down on terminal street
The street cafe was closed to all but ghosts
Who glide the alleys searching for their lair
I heard a voice like winter call my name
Said very soon that I would join them there
And all the creatures born of ink and rage and lies
Crawled off my pan and ran across the page to die
Preservation was the term of their disease
Degradation is the term of their release
Oh, down on terminal street
Oh, down on terminal street
Oh yes, I'm down on terminal street tonight
Oh no, not down on terminal street tonight
Oh yes, down on terminal street tonight
Oh no, down on terminal street tonight
Oh yes, I'm down on terminal street tonight
Down terminal street!
To see the ancient faces living there
I saw the sunken eyes of agony
And saw the desperate stations of despair
The madman waiting for the spirit girls to come
In a song well written but unsung
I saw the smiling wardens cracking down the noose
From which my drowning head was hung
Oh, down on terminal street
Oh, down on terminal street
The street cafe was closed to all but ghosts
Who glide the alleys searching for their lair
I heard a voice like winter call my name
Said very soon that I would join them there
And all the creatures born of ink and rage and lies
Crawled off my pan and ran across the page to die
Preservation was the term of their disease
Degradation is the term of their release
Oh, down on terminal street
Oh, down on terminal street
Oh yes, I'm down on terminal street tonight
Oh no, not down on terminal street tonight
Oh yes, down on terminal street tonight
Oh no, down on terminal street tonight
Oh yes, I'm down on terminal street tonight
Down terminal street!
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Nelson
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Other Album Tracks
Altri album
- Live! In The Air Age (Deluxe Edition)
- Drastic Plastic (Deluxe Edition)
- Be Bop Deluxe At the BBC 1974-1978
- Futurist Manifesto - 1974-1978
- John Peel Session [11th March 1975] (11th March 1975)
- John Peel Session [11th March 1975]
- BBC In Concert [2nd October 1976]
- BBC In Concert (2nd October 1976)
- BBC In Concert: Be Bop Deluxe (15th January 1976)
- BBC In Concert (15th January 1976) (digital download only)
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