Back On The Street Lyrics - Todd Rundgren

They tell me I've paid back the debt I owed 

Forty-four months since the slammer door closed 

They give me a suit and put me back on the road 

And my thoughts are racing 

Where do I go? What am I supposed to live on? 

What happens when the twenty-five dollars is gone? 

That leaves me lots of time to wonder why I was born 

But the countdown is on 

Everybody's dancing 

The music sounds entrancing but you can't find the beat 

It's the ticking of a thousand human time bombs 

Who are back on the street 

Oh the names have been changed but the story's the same 

History will repeat 

Add it all up and then divide it by zero 

'Cause you're back on the street 

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I can't stand the strain of this job no more 

I must have forgot what I took it on for 

I make lots of money, yet still I want more 

And my head is blazing 

I think that I'll check out the shops downtown 

Sometimes it helps to buy things when I feel brought down 

At this hour I might dodge those hippie low-life's around 

But the countdown is on 

Once you had to stand out looking for a handout 

Free love and body heat 

And that money's just a crumpled green ball in your pocket 

When you're back on the street 

Oh the names have been changed but the story's the same 

History will repeat 

Add it all up and then divide it by zero 

'Cause you're back on the street 

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Back on the street again 

Said, "You're back on the street again" 

The countdown is on 

And nobody knows when 

Spreading like a cancer 

Looking for the answer in everyone you meet 

And each in his way has a hustle to play 

When he's back on the street 

Oh the names have been changed but the story's the same 

History will repeat 

Add it all up and then divide it by zero 

'Cause you're back on the street 

Back on the street again 

Said, "You're back on the street again" 

The countdown is on 

And nobody knows when