Lyrics to
Street Walker

This version of Street Walker was released by The Band in 1977.

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Sightseer in the middle of the night
I’m looking for action, something real tight
But can you make it when we turn on the lights
Of the city

Street walker in the middle of the day
Been up all night trying to earn your pay
Mama told you when you ran away
It’s not easy
There’s no pity
In the city

I’ve been on this corner so long
But it’s no one’s guess who’s the next blonde (?)
But before you know it, it’ll be gone
But I ain’t complaining, don’t get me wrong
It’s not easy
In the city

Street walker in the middle of your life
Every day is like shooting dice
You carry yourself like you carry a knife
In the city

Fast talker in the middle of the street
Trying to hustle everyone that you meet
Sooner or later everybody gets beat
It’s not easy
There’s no pity
In the city

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About Lyrics and Street Walker by The Band

The lyrics to Street Walker are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that The Band used when the song was created in 1977. The lyrics to Street Walker have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only The Band and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Street Walker by The Band. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Street Walker" means the words set to the music of Street Walker, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Band. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Street Walker and the lyrics to Street Walker are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Band who came here looking just for the lyrics to Street Walker, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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