Jakob Sveistrup

Silver Street

Jakob Sveistrup


Now the Houses Are Ghosts 
Over Silver Street 
They Got 'em Dressed Up Like Clowns 
Married Couples Slamming Doors 
Bums Praising the Lord 
You're Playing Tapes For the Town

Now the Neighbourhood's Mixed 
And Your College Friends 
Are Getting Younger Every Year 
The Wind Don't Blow 
And the Grass Don't Grow 
You're Never Leaving Silver Street

You Bought Some Brown Wire-frames 
At a Junk Shop 
And That Was You Trademark At School 
Now They're Barely Hanging On 
And the Styles Are Moving On 
It's Hard For a Man to Stay Cool.

So the Seasons Change and the Storefronts Change 
While Everything Else Stays the Same 
The Wind Don't Blow and the Grass Don't Grow 
You'll Never Leaving Silver Street 

But Now Don't Get Me Wrong 
Cause, Oh-woah-oh, I 
Like This Neighborhood 
Oh, and Seeing You Is Good 
But Now We Spend the Day So Completely Uninspired 
Asking Why Oh Why Should I Be 
Tired 

They're Filling the Pot Holes in On Silver Street 
They're Waking the Neighbors Up At Noon 
Now You're Friends Are Out On Break 
And You're Out On Your Brown Lawn 
Raking the Dirt With a Broom 

Well the Seasons Change and the Storefronts Change 
While Everything Else Stays the Same 
The Wind Don't Blow and the Grass Don't Grow 
You Never Leave Silver Street 

Never Leaving, Never Leaving, 
Never Leaving, Never Leaving 

Oh, Woah-oh, Ah