《Walking Down Madison(2005 Digital Remaster)》歌词

[00:00:00] Walking Down Madison (2005 Digital Remaster) - Kirsty MacColl

[00:00:01] Written by： Kirsty Maccoll/Johnny Marr

[00:00:18] Walking down madison

[00:00:20] I swear I never had a gun

[00:00:23] No I never shot no one

[00:00:25] I was only having fun

[00:00:27] Walking down madison

[00:00:29] Swear I never had a gun

[00:00:31] I was philosophizing some

[00:00:34] Checking out the bums

[00:00:36] See you give'em your nickels your pennies and dimes

[00:00:39] But you can't give'em hope in these mercenary times oh no

[00:00:45] And you feel real guilty about the coat on your back

[00:00:48] And the sandwich you had oh no

[00:00:59] From an uptown apartment to a knife on the a train

[00:01:05] It's not that far

[00:01:08] From the sharks in the penthouse to the rats in the basement

[00:01:14] It's not that far

[00:01:17] To the bag lady frozen asleep in the park

[00:01:21] Oh no it's not that far

[00:01:27] Would you like to see some more

[00:01:29] I can show you if you'd like to

[00:01:36] Walking down madison

[00:01:38] I swear I never had a gun

[00:01:41] No I never shot no one

[00:01:43] Wouldn't do it just for fun

[00:01:45] Walking down madison

[00:01:47] Trying to keep my head screwed on

[00:01:49] I was philosophizing some

[00:01:52] Checking out the nuns

[00:01:54] When you get to the corner don't look at those freaks

[00:01:56] Keep your head down low and stay quick on your feet oh yeah

[00:02:03] The beaming boy from harlem with the airforce coat

[00:02:08] The ones who died

[00:02:09] The ones who tried

[00:02:10] The ones that sit and gloat

[00:02:17] From an uptown apartment to a knife on the a train

[00:02:22] It' s not that far

[00:02:26] From the sharks in the penthouse to the rats in the basement

[00:02:31] It's not that far

[00:02:35] To the bag lady frozen asleep on the church steps

[00:02:40] It's not that far

[00:02:44] Would you like to see some more

[00:02:46] I can show you if you'd like to

[00:02:53] Within every city and town there's a madison

[00:02:56] Frozen lives for whom nothing's happening

[00:02:58] Hungry children is a mother's dilemma

[00:03:00] Dumpster diving to feed her baby emma

[00:03:02] So you walk on by like it doesn't affect you

[00:03:04] The held out hand that you pay no respect to

[00:03:07] Nickels and dimes won't even buy your guilt

[00:03:09] Another wino dead burnt to death in his quilt

[00:03:11] It's a cardboard city newspaper metrapolis

[00:03:14] The system can't cope or keep on top of this

[00:03:16] The outhorities come as you're not for display

[00:03:18] Do they solve the problem no they move him away

[00:03:20] They're in a vicious circle of no fixed abode

[00:03:23] The social won't pay'em the money they re owed

[00:03:25] When you got no money you can't pay rent

[00:03:27] Hypothermia kills cos the system is bent

[00:03:34] From an uptown apartment to a knife on the a train

[00:03:40] It's not that far

[00:03:43] From the sharks in the penthouse to the rats in the basement

[00:03:49] It's not that far

[00:03:53] To the bag lady frozen asleep in the park oh no

[00:03:58] It's not that far

[00:04:02] Approve

[00:04:03] You can see some more

[00:04:04] I can show you if you'd like to

[00:04:11] From an uptown apartment to a knife on the a train

[00:04:16] It's not that far

[00:04:20] From the sharks in the penthouse to the rats in the basement

[00:04:25] It's not that far

[00:04:29] To the bag lady frozen asleep on the church steps

[00:04:34] It's not that far

[00:04:41] I can show you if you'd like to

[00:04:48] In the subway sits a vacuous man

[00:04:50] His grip on life is a bent tin can

[00:04:52] It's a holy shrine where he burns his light

[00:04:54] It makes things easy and removes his plight

[00:04:56] For an hour or two but he can't escape

[00:04:59] They're all penned in with government tape

[00:05:01] There are good samaritans who bring them soup

[00:05:03] The sally army with their bibles and boots

[00:05:06] You can see yourselves it's not too far

[00:05:08] One short trip you don't know who they are

[00:05:10] Till the night comes then it all comes back

[00:05:12] Like the smell of patchoulli and the armies of rats

[00:05:15] It's a shame to be human it's a human shame

[00:05:17] It seems we've forgotten we're one and the same

[00:05:21] One and the same

[00:05:23] One and the same

[00:05:32] No it's not too far

[00:05:37] No it's not too far

[00:05:59] We're one and the same