Paolo Nutini - These Streets Lyrics

Complimentary "These Streets" Ringtone

Cross the border, into the big bad world 
Where it takes you 'bout an hour just to cross the road 
Just to stumble across another poor old soul 
From the dreary old lanes into the high street madness 
I fight with my brains to believe my eyes 
And it's harder than you think to delay the sadness 
That creeps up my spine and haunts me through the night 
Life is good and the girls are gorgeous, suddenly the air smells much greener now 
And I'm wandering around with a half pack of cigarettes 
Searching for the change I've lost somehow 

These streets have too many names for me 
I'm used to Glenfield Road and spending my time down in Orchy 
I'll get used to this eventually I know, I know 

Where'd the days go when all we did was play 
And the stress that we were under wasn't stress at all 
Just a run and a jump into a harmless fall 
From walking by a high rise to a landmark square 
You see millions of people with millions of cares 
And I struggle to the train to make my way home 
I look at the people as they sit there alone 
Life is good and the sun is shining, everybody floods to their ideal place 
And the children all smile as the boats shuffle by them 
Trying to pretend that they've got some space 

These Streets have too many names for me 
I'm used to Glenfield road and spending my time down in Orchy 
I'll get used to this eventually I know, I know 
These Streets have too many names for me 
I'm used to Glenfield road and spending my time down in Orchy 
I'll get used to this eventually I know, I know 

Life is good and the girls are gorgeous 
Suddenly the air smells much greener now 
And I'm wandering around with a half pack of cigarettes 
Seaching for the change I've lost somehow 

These Streets have too many names for me 
I'm used to Glenfield road and spending my time down in Orchy 
I'll get used to this eventually I know, I know 
These Streets have too many names for me 
I'm used to Glenfield road and spending my time down in Orchy 
I'll get used to this eventually I know, I know 
I know, I know, 'cause you keep telling me so. 
 

Complimentary "These Streets" Ringtone

lyrics submitted by black_ivory on 16-07-2006
lyrics corrected by sophiesophs, Hejsan on 08-02-2008