Six String Street Lyrics

the lights are low in ireland tonight

and I’m on the northern highway

the goats are in the garden

and the radio’s playing my way

my car’s seen better days

none of them with me

and this fine white line’s the borderline

separating you and me

well I’m thinking about a friend of mine

he says

‘I’ve got so many strings to my bow’

I said

‘if you want to follow the easy road

you better follow the one you know’

he ended up in the middle of the road

I wound up on six string street

he’s happy today

in the middle of the road

and I’m on six string street



I worked in an office into ’86

and the walls were painted grey

but I still get fluorescent flashes

out on this northern highway

not about my employment

it was no big deal

but a girl I knew was the one who

changed the way I feel

she says

‘I know you care about this affair

but it can’t go on you know’

I said

‘if you’re looking for your

home sweet home

you better just get up and go’



she ended up in the middle of the road

I wound up on six string street

she’s happy today

in the middle of the road

and I’m on six string street...



now I’ve found my way out of the countryside

and got back into the town

my true love’s gone forever

but that don’t get me down

she said ‘I couldn’t sort out my life

and I certainly couldn’t sort out you’

oh baby that’s the last thing

that I knew that you would do

when I said



come with me

set yourself free

straight down the middle of

six string street