The Dark End of the Street - James Carr

Breath the air again It's a beautiful day I wish this moment stay with the Earth Some primal paradise There you go again Saying everything ends saying You can't depend on anything or anyone If the end of the world was near Where would you choose to be? If there was five more minutes of air Would you panic and hide? Or run for your life? Or stand here and spend it with me? If we had five more minutes Would I... Could I... Make you happy? And we would live again In the simplest of ways Living day after day Like some primal animals We would love again Under glorious suns With the freedom that comes with the truth If the end of the world was near Where would you choose to be? If there was five more minutes of air Would you panic and hide? Or run for your life? Or stand here and spend them with me? If we had five more minutes Would I... Could I... Make you happy? So it finally came to pass I saw the end of the world I saw the madness unfold like Some primal barrier And I looked back upon Armageddon And the moment of truth Between you and me If we had five more minutes Of air to breathe And we cried all through it But you spend them with me On the last few drags I felt that we agreed I was And you were Happy

Grab your coat and snatch your hat Leave your worries on the doorstep Just direct your feet To the sunny side of the street Can't you hear that pitter pat And that happy tune is your step Life can be so sweet On the sunny side of the street I used to walk in the shade With the blues on parade No longer I'm afraid The rover, crossed over If I never had a cent I'll be rich as Rockfeller A gold dust at my feet On the sunny side of the street I used to walk in the shade With those blues on parade But I'm not afraid 'Cause the rover, he's got over If I never had a cent I'll be rich as Rockfeller All those chicks 'round my feet On the sunny, sunny side of the street

The stories of the street are mine The Spanish voices laugh The Cadillacs go creeping down Through the night and the poison gas And I lean from my window sill In this old hotel I chose Yes, one hand on my suicide One hand on the rose I know you've heard it's over now And war must surely come The cities, they are broke in half And the middle men are gone But let me ask you one more time Oh, children of the dust All these hunters who are shrieking now Oh, do they speak for us? And where do all these highways go Now that we are free? Why are the armies marching still That were coming home to me? Oh, lady with your legs so fine Oh, stranger at your wheel You are locked into your suffering And your pleasures are the seal The age of lust is giving birth And both the parents ask The nurse to tell them fairy tales On both sides of the glass And now, the infant with his cord Is hauled in like a kite And one eye filled with blueprints One eye filled with night Oh, come with me, my little one We will find that farm And grow us grass and apples there And keep all the animals warm And if by chance I wake at night And I ask you who I am Oh, take me to the slaughter house I will wait there with the lamb With one hand on a hexagram And one hand on a girl I balance on a wishing well That all men call the world We are so small between the stars So large against the sky And lost among the subway crowds I try to catch your eye

The end of the after The weight of a war The kindness gone to bed The weight of your laughter Alive in the hall Did he hear, did he hear The fumbled words you said? Living without her Living at all Seems to slow me down Living forever Hell, I don't know Do I care, do I care The thunder's rumbled sound Now I watch her Running 'round in love again Now I talk about you When I'm with our mutual friends The end of the after The weight of a war The kindness gone to bed The threat of your laughter Alive after all Did he hear, did he hear The fumbled words you said? Living without her Living at all Seems to slow me down Living forever Pale light on all Do I care, do I care The thunder's rumbled sound Now I watch her Running 'round in love again Now I talk about you When I'm with our mutual friends Now I watch her Running 'round in love again Now I talk about you When I'm with our mutual friends This is it? Well this is desert Go to him What the hell, love? What the hell, love? This is it? Well this is desert And go to him What the hell, love? What the hell? This is it What the hell, love? What the hell, love?

متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف وتفوت أيام وتمر سنين وانا حالي غريب انا مين انا مين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين على غفلة اتحول بركان جبار انا ضلمة وليل أنا نار ونهار متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف ماشي على طريق مكتوب مرسوم بس انا مسؤول وعليا اللوم ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول قدامي طريق همشيه همشيه نفهم في الآخر كل ده لية متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف

فوسط زحمة وناس كتير وطريق أنا ماشي فيه عكس السير وسط الطموح والأمل والتمني فاضلي خطوة توصلني فوسط حاجات ومكيفات بحاول أنسى كل اللي فات في وسط صدري ضلعي مكسور ومن خلاله قلبي شايف نور أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع فوسط الليل وأنا بعيد عن البشر شفت نور يشبه نور القمر بس القمر مسيره يفارق ويسيبني تاني مع الوحدة أحارب فوسط قصة حب يعني وهمية كان لازم أصدق اصل الوحدة قوية مش كل المشاعر حقيقية أنا شفت نور معرفتش اغمض عنيا أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع