On The Streets Of This Town Lyrics - Steve Forbert

I'll lock myself away and not face one more day 

On the streets of this town 

And all I've got to lose is a feelin' called the blues 

And a little old frown 

I signed your dotted line and did my best at tryin' 

Givin' all I could give 

And all I've gotten back is this feelin' that I lack 

What I'm needing to live 

And you say you don't see it 

When a grown man starts to cry 

You turn your face away 

And you walk on by 

I found myself a girl who brightened up my world 

From December to May 

And then ran off with Jim, but I'll defer to him 

And his purple beret 

'Cause he knows how to wheel and deal and not to feel 

When he's knockin' you down 

And I know he'll succeed, ' cause thats just what you need 

On the streets of this town 

And you say you don't see it 

When a grown man starts to cry 

You turn your face away 

And you walk on by, hey yeah 

I'll lock myself away and not face one more day 

On the streets of this town 

And all I've got to lose is this feelin' called the blues 

That's been going around 

I fit your crazy norm and wore your uniform 

Where you told me to go 

And got back in return, this here feelin' that I've learned 

What the Indians know 

And you say you don't see it 

When a grown man starts to cry 

You turn your face away 

And you walk on by, by, by