From the recording I've Been Dragging These Old Songs Around
Written by Michael R. J. Roth & Mike P. Ryan
"Down at the Union Gospel Mission
The streetlights shine like golden torches
Burning like a pyre of hopeless wishes
You can look away, but not ignore it"
Lyrics
Streets of Seattle
©2019 Michael R. J. Roth & Mike P. Ryan
V1
Down at the Union Gospel Mission
The streetlights shine like golden torches
Burning like a pyre of hopeless wishes
You can look away, but not ignore it
V2
With their backpacks and their knit caps, dressed in flannel
Staggering, retreating from a battle
They lost long ago and can’t remember
Why they fought or when they finally surrendered
CHORUS 1
On the streets of Seattle
In the misty morning rain
A broken spirit leans on an old lamppost
Hanging out like the Holy Ghost
V3
I don't know if they can win this
Existing on the dingy fringes
Among the broken bottles and syringes
Looking for a life lost in the distance
CHORUS 1
V4
Beneath the laughter of a silver Boeing jet
Hauling all those rich folks overhead
There is a dream that lies in stillness
Waiting to rise from the dead
CHORUS 2
On the streets of Seattle
In the misty morning rain
A broken spirit leans on an old lamppost
Hanging out like the Holy Ghost
It doesn’t matter what you pay
He will never go away
He's here to stay
On the streets of Seattle