Catherine Street

Moonlight dancer
 High romancin'
 Down on Catherine Street
 Lover's cramps and
 Household tramps
 Down on dirty Catherine Street
 Me and my woman just bustin' our heads
 Down on old Taneray Road, yeah
 The needle works the railroad tracks
 I guess ya know how local stories all go
 Yeah, but listen a minute
 But if ya find your mind lies broke down in the stores
 And if your dreams become the refuge of your soul
 Don't ask the dealer to be fair
 Your soul ain't good enough to spare
 When you're all the way down
 On Catherine Street
 The days are passing vaguely
 Down on Catherine Street
 A few of them
 The normal hours
 Of any normal street
 My head changed hands so
 Lord, so many times
 I could not feel to speak
 And when I finally
 Get to talking, well
 Then my knees start gettin' weak
 But if ya find your mind lies broke down in the stores
 And if your dreams become the refuge of your soul
 Don't ask the dealer to be fair
 Your soul ain't good enough to spare
 When you're all the way down
 On Catherine Street
 You know they keep the dogs
 All chained up
 Down on Catherine Street
 Sometimes it's hard to find any
 Place to hide
 From the goddamned heat
 Besides, most of us are just
 Biding our time
 'Till we get back on our feet
 Oh mama
 I'll be back on my feet one of these days
 Yeah
 You just see if I don't
 Ya know
 Ya can't keep a good man down for too long
 And I'm coming on up
 I feel good
 Lord I feel good
 Oh my God!
 So far down
 So far down
 So far down
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