Streets Of San Francisco Lyrics - The Statler Brothers

From Tampa Florida's pride and joy 

To California shame 

She left home and came out west 

And changed her Christian name 

She thumbed her way for seven days 

And way too many nights 

And hit the Streets of San Francisco 

Runnin' for her life 

A week in cosmetology two weeks in airline school 

Seven days of shorthand in a secretarial pool 

Now desk clerks and bell hops now know her by her face 

And the folks of Tampa know her by her mama's disgrace 

All through the day she sits alone and dreams of Tampa High 

Wonders what the other kids are doin' then she cries. 

Then with the California sun she goes down every night 

And hits the Streets of San Francisco walkin' for her life 

In her mind she plays a make believe game of her own 

She pretends she's window shopping furnishing a home 

For a husband who will come along and take her from this life 

For now a John will come along and take her for the night 

All through the day she sits alone and dreams of Tampa High 

Wonders what the other kids are doin' then she cries. 

Then with the California sun she goes down every night 

And hits the Streets of San Francisco walkin' for her life 

She'll walk the Streets of San Francisco the rest of her life